And he does, begging the question: Why then did he (and Ivanka) lie about it? Of course, she wasn't asked that.“We don’t discuss security clearances. I am not even going to discuss my own. But I will tell you that the president has the absolute right to do what was described,” Conway said in an interview with Fox News.
The Hill
Making absolutely no sense.“I wouldn’t do it,” Trump told the Times in January when asked if he overruled security officials. “I know that there was issues back and forth about security for numerous people, actually. But I don’t want to get involved in that stuff.”
Trump’s daughter and senior aide Ivanka Trump also denied last month that her father was involved in clearances for her or Kushner, who is her husband.
“There were anonymous leaks about there being issues,” Trump said on ABC’s “The View.” “But the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband’s clearance, zero.”
Asked about Ivanka Trump’s remarks, Conway said “if Ivanka Trump chose to comment, then she probably has knowledge that some of us do not have so she has a right to do that.”
Kushner’s security clearance has come under scrutiny from House Democrats, who are investigating Trump’s administration and businesses.
Citing the Times report, House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) wrote a letter on Friday demanding that White House counsel Pat Cipollone be in “full and immediate compliance” with the panel’s request for documents and witnesses related to the clearance process.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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