'Whistleblower' in White House security clearance office gets suspended

[demmiblue]

Source: NBC

WASHINGTON — A White House security specialist has been suspended without pay for defying her supervisor Carl Kline, less than a week after NBC News reported Kline approved Jared Kushner for top secret clearance over the objections of career staff.

The specialist, Tricia Newbold, had filed a discrimination complaint against Kline three months ago.

Newbold's two-week suspension from the White House security office was for failure to supervise, failure to follow instructions and defiance of authority, according to the suspension decision notice obtained by NBC News. Security office chief Crede Bailey first proposed the suspension on Dec. 3, 2018.
Tricia Newbold has filed an EEOC complaint against Carl Kline, alleging he discriminated against her because of her height.

Wednesday's notice is signed by Bailey and mentions that in Newbold's 18-year career she has not faced any "prior formal disciplinary action." The document also harshly criticizes Newbold for her "defiance" and notes that Newbold said she would "continue to do what is best for the Executive Office of the President."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/whistleblower-white-house-security-clearance-office-gets-suspended-n964826

[ck4829]

1. "confirmed that Kline had moved files out of Newbold's reach"

How Trumpian.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. and how trumpian he had violated the law deliberately...twice.

and probably will again in he course of this incident/investigation.

Makes it easier to fire his ass, tho.

[ck4829]

3. Apparently other officials didn't want a whopping *30* to get clearance but Kline overruled them all

https://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/20190130/letter-to-editor-who-is-carl-kline

[watoos]

4. This Kline dude,

needs to do some explaining in front of a House Committee, in public.

[oldsoftie]

5. That sounds like a great idea!

Long time security professionals shouldn't be over ridden by politicians.

[Maeve]

6. "failure to follow instructions and defiance of authority"

How dare she!

And putting files out of her reach, telling her to get others to reach them for her or "ask me" is demeaning.

[Power 2 the People]

7. The cruelty of these bastards knows no bounds. Kline obviously is as morally corrupt as Trump.

In her EEOC complaint, Newbold, who has a rare form of dwarfism, accused Kline of discriminating against her because of her height.Her complaint states that, in December 2017, Kline moved security files to a new location that were too high and out of her reach. "You have people, have them get you the files you need; or you can ask me," he told Newbold, according to her complaint.

Two sources who did not want to be identified confirmed that Kline had moved files out of Newbold's reach.

[bigbrother05]

8. That violates the reasonable accommodation clause of the ADA

And will likely be found to be recrimination on Kline's part.

[firstwife]

9. Oh, she's gonna win her lawsuit,

and by “win”, I mean settle for a large amount and then retire. Geez, I wonder how many more of these cases we will see. Government, you just can’t fuck with your employees like that.

[erronis]

10. But it will be the normal taxpayers that pay for the settlement. Not the trumpian apparatchik.

[TomCADem]

11. Retaliation for Following the Law In a Lawless Presidency

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