28 Feb 2019 8:09 pm
Ironic for a man who ran his campaign based on HRC's mishandling of classified info.
Trump and his daughter both lied through their teeth about this.Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance
WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials and the White House’s top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said.
Mr. Trump’s decision in May so troubled senior administration officials that at least one, the White House chief of staff at the time, John F. Kelly, wrote a contemporaneous internal memo about how he had been “ordered” to give Mr. Kushner the top-secret clearance.
The White House counsel at the time, Donald F. McGahn II, also wrote an internal memo outlining the concerns that had been raised about Mr. Kushner — including by the C.I.A. — and how Mr. McGahn had
recommended that he not be given a top-secret clearance.
The disclosure of the memos contradicts statements made by the president, who told The New York Times in January in an Oval Office interview that he had no role in his son-in-law receiving his clearance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/p ... rance.html
Mr. Trump said he played no role in directing White House officials to arrange for Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, to receive a top-secret clearance.
Mr. Kushner’s application was rejected at least once after concerns were raised by the F.B.I. about his foreign contacts.
The C.I.A., which also raised concerns, has continued to deny him access to “sensitive compartmentalized information.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/p ... ule=inline
She's as big a liar as her Daddy.Ivanka Trump says she and her husband, Jared Kushner, got no special treatment from her father when obtaining their top security clearances.
“There were anonymous leaks about there being issues.
But the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance, zero," Trump told ABC’s Abby Huntsman during an exclusive interview for “The View”.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka- ... d=60940398