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In reply to the discussion: When Trump was elected president this fact scared the hell out me for good reason. [View all]Rhiannon12866
(205,286 posts)25. NYT 2/28/19: Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance
The presidents son-in-law has traveled around the world, conducting high-level work on behalf of the White House. Yet intelligence officials raised concerns related to his 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 Houses top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said.
Mr. Trumps 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.
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Mr. Kushner has spent this week abroad working on a Middle East peace plan. Among his meetings was one with Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Much more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html
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 Houses top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said.
Mr. Trumps 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.
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Mr. Kushner has spent this week abroad working on a Middle East peace plan. Among his meetings was one with Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Much more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html
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When Trump was elected president this fact scared the hell out me for good reason. [View all]
fightforfreedom
Nov 2022
OP
People who still support Trump are now beyond hope...I will not associate with them at all.
ashredux
Nov 2022
#2
He also tried to force another country to help him in his second election by refusing
Maraya1969
Nov 2022
#6
NYT 2/28/19: Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance
Rhiannon12866
Nov 2022
#25
What is even worse is that it is common knowledge and yet he is still a free man.
Ferrets are Cool
Nov 2022
#27