Posted on 01/31/2019 1:38:21 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - Two House Democrats are requesting that the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, revoke the security clearance for President Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kusher.
In a letter to Mulvaney on Thursday, Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia and Ted Lieu of California requested that Kushner's clearance be pulled, citing a recent NBC report that a supervisor overruled the recommendation he not be approved for clearance.
"The White House's pattern of hiding the truth and devious behavior with regard to Mr. Kushner's security clearance suggests that the Administration does not take information security seriously," the lawmakers wrote. "This problem is underscored by NBC's reporting that 'Kushner's was one of at least 30 cases in which Kline overruled career security experts and approved a top-secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable information.'"
The letter also notes that White House officials have not been compliant with oversight requests from Congress on the issue of security clearances.
The letter comes as the House Oversight and Reform Committee is probing the security clearance process in the Trump administration.
Oversight Chairman and Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings said in a statement the objectives of the investigations "are to determine why the White House and Transition Team appear to have disregarded established procedures for safeguarding classified information, evaluate the extent to which the nation's most highly guarded secrets were provided to officials who should not have had access to them, and develop reforms to remedy the flaws in current White House systems and practices."
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I'm cool with this.
Ivanka should have married Tom Brady!
People in hell want ice water....................
LOL, I wish the Dems did a little more of that kind of work back in the 40’s and 50’s. Starting with Henry Wallace.
But the Dems threw a fit when Brennan lost his. What hypocrites...
…. to be a mermaid, and an XBOX, and a lifetime supply of gummy bears, and a pretty pony.
Problem-— Ted Lieu!!!?
Citing NBC reports as a basis for demanding a function that is part of the WH security protocol and not subject to House oversight by these members.
But, aside from that....fairly worthless.
So do I.
This crap is going to happen every day and week, until 2020, and if the leftist, socialist, anarchist, commie, nazi demonkkkRATs win the Senate and/or WH, it’ll get to an intolerable level, daily. They’ll tear the country apart much faster.
Me too!
And uh, while we’re at it— let’s ask these and other members if they ever used the AWAN crime family IT managers on their system.... cause... they ... did.
In re: they have some nerve making this kind of accusation, when it is provable they had ZERO concern for security and were the SOURCE of the hack into the DNC system— all the info sold by a Pakistani gang that their Party Chairman hired and VOUCHED for. Then, she threatened the Capital Police Chief with “consequences” if she didn’t get her computer back, the one Awan left in a phone booth. That kind of reply.
I’m so sure that both Debbie Waserman-Schultz and Diane Fienstein would argue for it too...right? After all they are so pure are they not? Fact is Jared is just fine, breaks no rules and supervisory over-rule happens all the time. They just want to foster a false atmosphere that Trump and family are somehow breaking every rule on everything that ever was or ever will be. The Democrats have descended into acting like brat children screeching “I HATE YOU TO INFINITY AND BEYOND AND I CANT HEAR YOU BECAUSE YOUR”RE A RACIST>>>>LALALALALALA I CANT HEAR YOU!!!!!” At least that how it comes across.
One name comes to mind: Craig Livingston.
Another name is John Brennan.
Doesn’t matter, the President decides who gets a clearance and what level clearance that person will have. Not Congress.
5.56mm
Every level up to the grantor of the clearance is a recommendation. If all recommendations were always just passed straight through without any being reversed, then there no reason different levels should look at it.
wah wah wah. The Dems just want another pelt for their wall. It’s just another ruse to paint Trump as a security risk.
Good. I got a long list of clearances of freshman House maggots I want revoked. Those bastards have no business having access to anything to do with American security.
ANYTHING is ludicrous
Hey, I agree with the RATS on this!
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