Why Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's security clearances were vital to the President | By Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio for CNNOpinion
Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book, "Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success," and co-author with Peter Eisner of"The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence." The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author's. View more opinion articles on CNN.
If officials had a reason to resist granting Ivanka Trump a security clearance, and all indications suggest they did, their concerns were not heeded by the President. In fact, just the opposite. Michael D'AntonioAs CNN reports, the White House personnel security office expressed concern about granting security clearance to Ivanka, along with her husband Jared Kushner, who both serve in the White House. Despite this, the President pressured then-Chief of Staff John Kelly and then-White House counsel Don McGahn to give the couple clearance to see secret information held by the government. When both Kelly and McGahn refused, Trump granted the clearances himself.
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