“We’re deeply concerned that President Trump may have played a role in granting Jared Kushner a security clearance,” a spokesman for the watchdog said.
A watchdog group on Thursday demanded that the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community immediately open an investigation into how President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner received top security clearance and whether it “presents a threat to national security.”
“Even if President Trump, despite his denial of any involvement in Mr. Kushner’s security clearance, issued a Presidential order based on his authority as Commander-in-Chief that superseded the applicable legal requirements,” CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder wrote in a letter to Inspector General Michael Atkinson, “The ICIG should review whether Mr. Kushner’s top-secret clearance presents a threat to national security.
CREW has long been critical of Kushner’s security clearance. In February 2018, Crew sent a letter to Kelly requesting that Kushner’s temporary clearance be revoked. The watchdog has cited multiple conflicts of interest around the president's son-in-law, including his foreign entanglements and family business interests overseas. Kushner supported a blockade of Qatar that gave the appearance of retaliation for the country backing out of deal with his family real estate business.
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