The New York Times reports that President Trump overruled security officials and White House counsel in giving his son-in-law top secret security clearance.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner talks with President Donald Trump during a signing ceremony for criminal justice reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 21, 2018.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
McGahn's memo laid out concerns raised about Kushner and the fact that McGahn had recommended against giving him a clearance that high. "We don’t comment on security clearances," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told NBC News Thursday when asked about the Times report. Reaction to the report from some Democrats was swift. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, tweeted that"the mystery" of how Kushner was granted a top-secret security clearance has been solved."His father in law ordered it."
The mystery of how Jared Kushner was granted a top secret security clearance despite myriad financial entanglements and undisclosed foreign meetings has been solved:It’s called clearance by nepotism and a serious abuse that endangers our security.
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