Whistleblower behind latest White House scandal goes back to work for Trump
Tricia Newbold, the Trump administration’s latest whistleblower, did something unexpected only hours after a House committee released her deposition that the White House had overruled career staff members who denied security clearances: she went back to work.
Described as both “no nonsense” and “intense” by people who have interacted with her during the clearance process, Ms Newbold has served under four presidential administrations, beginning with the Clinton White House in 2000. In February, The New York Times reported that the president overruled several senior officials in order to reinstate the security clearance of Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, despite issues raised during his clearance process.
In an interview with ABC News in February, Ivanka Trump insisted her father had no hand in either her clearance or her husband’s. In fall of last year, she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accusing Mr Kline of moving office files to a shelf several feet above her, deliberately out of her reach, beginning in December 2017. That month, she hired Mr Passman, her lawyer.
Within the past two weeks, Mr Passman said she was also removed from her supervisory role at work. On Monday, the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether she could expect to continue in her job.Also on Monday, Elijah Cummings, the committee’s chairman, called for a subpoena for Kline, who now works at the Defence Department, to learn more about his work when he was the director of the office and about his interactions with Ms Newbold.
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