Oversight panel to subpoena top Trump officials in clearance probe
by Daniel Jativa
| March 29, 2019 09:46 PM
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is set to vote on a measure approving the subpoena of the former White House director responsible for approving government clearances.
Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., is preparing to advance the motion in a full committee session on Tuesday of next week, saying that the motion falls in line “with the Committee’s investigation into the security clearance process at the White House.â€
Since House Democrats took the majority, the committee has been investigating the process by which the White House issues security clearances to its employees after concerns that unqualified individuals inside the White House have access to confidential information.
Last month, the Oversight Democrats launched a committee investigation after reports surfaced that Trump directed officials to grant high-level clearance to Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a White House senior aide. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former White House staff secretary Rob Porter are also said to be subjects of the committee's probe.
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