Cummings panel has been investigating security clearances issued to senior officials including Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and former White House aide Rob Porter. It also sets the stage for another fight between the White House and the Democratic-controlled House. Article Continued BelowNewbold said that when she returned to work in February, she was cut out of the security clearance process and removed from a supervisory responsibility. Kushner failed to initially disclose numerous foreign meetings on security clearance forms, and according to the Times, career officials recommended against granting him one before Trump personally overruled them. Porter had high-level access with an interim security clearance even though the FBI repeatedly told the White House of past allegations of domestic violence lodged against him by two ex-wives.

Source: thestar April 01, 2019 14:14 UTC