Ivanka Trump rejected speculation that she and husband Jared Kushner, both White House senior advisers, were given any preferential treatment by her father upon receiving their security clearances. In an ABC News interview released Friday, Trump told the network’s Abby Huntsman there were “absolutely not” any special considerations granted to her. Trump and Kushner previously held temporary clearances for more than a year and a half while waiting for background checks to wrap up. Trump told Huntsman the lengthy delay in the process was typical, and didn’t mean much. who has launched an investigation into the handling of classified information by President Donald Trump’s transition team and the White House.

Source: Huffington Post February 10, 2019 11:48 UTC