Carl Kline had been ordered to testify about security clearances, including Jared Kushner's, that a whistleblower said failed to meet standards.
The White House instructed Carl Kline, a former official in charge of security clearances, not to testify before the House Oversight Committee. By Tom Hamburger Tom Hamburger Investigative reporter focused on the intersection of money and politics in Washington Email Bio Follow April 23 at 1:52 AM A former White House personnel security director has been instructed by the White House not to show up Tuesday for questioning by the House Oversight Committee.
In a letter to Kline’s lawyer obtained by The Washington Post, Purpura wrote that a committee subpoena asking Kline to appear"unconstitutionally encroaches on fundamental executive branch interests." Cummings was not available for comment late Monday night. He signed a subpoena earlier this month for Kline to appear Tuesday.
Among those whose clearance she questioned was presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, who President Trump ultimately demanded be granted a permanent top-secret clearance, despite the concerns of intelligence officials. While Kushner’s security clearance was pending, he held an interim top-secret clearance that at one point also gave him access to some of the government’s most sensitive materials, including the president’s daily intelligence brief, The Post has reported.
The letters from the White House and Kline’s lawyer came late Monday, following a day that began with another confrontation with Congress.
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