.MaddowBlog: Whistleblower: Trump admin. overturned dozens of security clearance denials.
In recent weeks, there’s been a lingering controversy surrounding Jared Kushner’s White House security clearance. Donald Trump insisted he never overruled national security officials’ concerns and was “never involved” in the process, but John Kelly, the president’s former chief of staff, said Trump ordered him to help his son-in-law, despite the concerns of U.S. officials.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in a letter released Monday that the whistleblower, Tricia Newbold – a security specialist in the White House – told members of his committee in an interview that the Trump administration’s decisions to overturn clearance denials issued by her office could jeopardize national security and that coming forward marked her “last hope” to “bring the integrity back into” the office.
“As a result, she warned that security clearance applications for White House officials ‘were not always adjudicated in the best interest of national security,’” Cummings wrote. “She also reported to the Committee that she has been targeted for retaliation after declining to grant security clearances based on longstanding national security protocols.”
According to Cummings, she’s coming forward and urging the House Oversight Committee to take action in order to “bring the integrity back” to her White House office.
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