Trump can issue security clearances to whomever he wants. He lied anyway

Published March 1, 2019 11:04pm ET



In the latest bombshell to ricochet around the Beltway press, the New York Times discovered that against the guidance of President Trump’s top intelligence officials and legal counsel, he unilaterally granted his son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance.

The president has that power. This wouldn’t even be a story if his camp hadn’t spent months lying about it.

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