US President Donald Trump intervened to secure clearance for his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump last year, ONA reports citing CNN.
The sources claimed that Trump pressured his former chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counsel Donald McGahn to grant Ivanka a security clearance, in a move that allegedly “rankled” White House officials.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee refused to comment on the matter, adding that the White House “cannot respond to every anonymous source”.
The developments come after the New York Times reported last week that in 2018, Trump ordered his then-chief of staff John Kelly to upgrade Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner to a top-secret security clearance despite the concerns of the intelligence community.
In an interview with the New York Times in January, Trump denied any involvement in helping secure the top-level clearance for Kushner, a stance that was echoed by his daughter.
There were anonymous leaks about there being issues. But the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband’s clearance, zero”, Ivanka Trump told ABC News in February.
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