Battle Over Security Clearances Accelerates With Report Of Trump Intervention
Chairman Elijah Cummings said he would intensify his efforts to investigate the Trump administration after The New York Times reported that the president overruled aides on Jared Kushner's clearance.
Updated at 11:39 a.m. ET
The White House and the leader of the House oversight committee are squaring off for what could become a battle royale over security clearances within the Trump administration.
Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., launched an investigation in January into the White House's practices in awarding clearances to top aides. On Friday, he said he's accelerating those efforts following a report that President Trump intervened personally to grant access to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, over aides' objections.
Cummings says the
