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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps Russia Lawyer Isnt Seeking Security Clearance, And May Have Trouble Getting One
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marc-kasowitz-not-seeking-security-clearanceThe ongoing investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia involve reams of classified material. Yet Marc Kasowitz, the New York lawyer whom President Donald Trump has hired to defend him in these inquiries, told ProPublica through a spokesman that he does not have a security clearance the prerequisite for access to government secrets. Nor does he expect to seek one.
Several lawyers who have represented presidents and senior government officials said they could not imagine handling a case so suffused with sensitive material without a clearance.
No question in my mind in order to represent President Trump in this matter you would have to get a very high level of clearance because of the allegations involving Russia, said Robert Bennett, who served as President Bill Clintons personal lawyer. Like many Washington lawyers, Bennett has held security clearances throughout his career.
As the spotlight on Russia intensifies with new email disclosures that his son, son-in-law, and then-campaign manager met in June 2016 with a Russian attorney who promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, Kasowitzs lack of a security clearance could hinder the presidents legal and political response to the scandal.
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Experts on federal security reviews told ProPublica that recent episodes of alcohol abuse are a major barrier to receiving clearance, a process that involves government agents poring over a persons past and interviewing family, friends and colleagues. Investigators typically raise flags about behaviors that might make someone vulnerable to blackmail or suggest poor judgment.
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It's just all a big joke to them (Trumpco).
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Trumps Russia Lawyer Isnt Seeking Security Clearance, And May Have Trouble Getting One (Original Post)
deminks
Jul 2017
OP
get the red out
(13,466 posts)1. Why not?
This guy is just an alcoholic, Kushner has one and worked with the Russians to get Trump elected. When will little Jared lose his?
Gothmog
(145,231 posts)2. This idiot is representing Russia in another case
There is no way for this idiot to get a security clearance