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In reply to the discussion: Ivanka Trump: Father 'Had No Involvement' In Security Clearances [View all]RockRaven
(14,959 posts)The mob boss doesn't specifically tell the enforcer to break the legs of the guy who didn't pay his protection money -- but this does not mean the mob boss had nothing to do with it. He hired the enforcer, he made it clear -- explicitly or implicitly -- what his duties were, and what methods were okay. When the guys legs get broken, the mob boss IS involved.
Trump hires corrupt people, he makes it very clear he only cares about the result not what the rule/norm/law is, and then he makes demands. When people then violate norms/rules/laws to get him the result he is demanding, he IS responsible. He has demanded that Jared be involved in things, things which require a security clearance. So the corrupt person he put in charge of security clearances made it happen. Trump is involved, he is responsible, even if he never said aloud "I, Donald J Trump, hereby order you, security clearance guy, to over-ride normal procedures and issue a security clearance to my son-in-law, Jared Kushner."