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The senior White House official whose security clearance was denied last year because of concerns about foreign influence, private business interests and personal conduct is presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to people familiar with documents and testimony provided to the House Oversight Committee.
Kushner was identified only as Senior White House Official 1 in committee documents released this week describing the testimony of Tricia Newbold, a whistleblower in the White Houses Personnel Security Office who said she and another career employee determined that Kushner had too many significant disqualifying factors to receive a clearance.
Their decision was overruled by Carl Kline, the political appointee who then headed the office, according to Newbold's interview with Oversight Committee staff.
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It shows a disregard for the national security of the country if the professionals in the intelligence committee believed Jared Kushner shouldnt get a security clearance, and the president overrode that decision to give him one, said House Intelligence Committee member Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).
More at https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-jared-kushner-white-house-security-clearance-20190403-story.html?outputType=amp
dalton99a
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(173 posts)Saudia Arabia, Israel, and Qatar, the very countries with which Kushner has connections. My suspicion is that he put the foreign policy of the country up for sale.