Trump hits NYT for ‘typically false’ stories on transition

Published November 16, 2016 12:33pm ET



Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected reports that he sought to give his grown children top secret security clearances so they could access the same classified information that he will be privy to during his administration.

“I am not trying to get ‘top level security clearance’ for my children,” Trump tweeted early Wednesday morning. “This was a typically false news story.”

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