“But what was it that they were so concerned about, that these people were doing something that they knew the president wasn’t going to like and refusing to give the top security clearance to Jared Kushner?”
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace has questioned why the CIA and some White House officials were reportedly against setting up top security clearance for Senior Adviser Jared Kushner after President Donald Trump ordered the clearance.
“He does have the absolute right to do it... there is no illegality here. You have to ask yourself this is the president’s son-in-law,” Wallace said. “But what was it that they were so concerned about that these people were doing something that they knew the president wasn’t going to like and refusing to give the top security clearance to Jared Kushner?”
In the New York Times report, it did not reveal specifically why officials were concerned about the security clearance. Some of the sources in the report claimed that Kushner’s multiple international business interests made some White House officials view him as a risk to share some of the nation’s private security information.
In another Fox News segment on Friday, Wallace also questioned White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's response to the report, saying that she would not comment on the matter but said, “the president has the absolute right to do what was described.”
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