WASHINGTON—The White House has rebuffed a request from the House Oversight Committee for documents related to the administration’s security-clearance decisions, amid questions about the clearance granted to President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The committee had renewed its request last week after news reports that Mr. Trump ordered a top official, then-chief of staff John Kelly, to overrule concerns expressed by U.S. intelligence officials and White House counsel Don McGahn and grant Mr. Kushner a top-secret security...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 05, 2019 21:33 UTC