The nuanced day-to-day business of the White House means that some senior officials must have classified information available to them.
The first family batted away accusations that President Donald Trump abused his power by forcing through top-secret security clearances for daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, despite protests from senior White House and intelligence officials.
Days after this story appeared, CNN reported that Ivanka Trump had been given the same treatment, once again despite the warnings of senior White House and intelligence staff. Earlier this month, the first daughter told ABC News that her father had “zero” influence in securing her clearance. Bradley Moss, a partner at the Washington, D.C., law office of Mark S. Zaid, P.C., and an expert whose specialties include national security and security clearance law, told Newsweek that top-secret clearance did not necessarily give the couple free-rein access to America’s most potent secrets.
Moss explained, “The press secretary needs to be able to sit in on and provide input on policy matters, including with respect to foreign policy. Senior advisers with 'walk-in' privileges to the Oval Office need to be able to execute that privilege without concern for what particular meeting might be going on or documents might be visible at the time.
Last week, Kushner traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with Salman for the first time since Khashoggi's murder. It is not known what the two discussed, and embassy staff has reported being shut out of meetings during his trip. Just weeks after representatives from Kushner Companies were turned away once again, the White House came out in support of a Saudi- and UAE-led economic and diplomatic blockade on Qatar, launched in protest over Qatar’s alleged support of terrorism.
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