nbc has not independently confirmed this report. several sources say it is feasible avan ka trump was unaware of problems raised in her background check and her father s involvement in it. the white house says it does not comment on security clearances. they could be facing a subpoena after the white house rejected the oversight committee s requests. chairman elijah couplings indicated his next step will be to send a subpoena. they replied that such a measure would be would support, premature. instead, cipollone offered to let the committee review documents. congress says they don t have the thoort to get the documents. stating the white house argument defies the constitutional separation of
instead he offered to let the committee review documents and get a briefing. elijah cummings rejected the idea that congress doesn t have the authority to get the documents, stating the white hou house s argument denies the separation of powers. jeremy bash, if the oversight committee wants to know why two people got a security clearance when it seems that many were very concerned about it and those two people are directly related to the president, one is his daughter, what would be the white house s ability to stop that process and hand over all the information about the security clearances? well they could try to fight but at the end of the day the white house will lose because congress does have authority and does have the power to review security practices within the executive branch. that s after all what gave rise under republican rule then chairman trey gowdy s efforts to look at hillary clinton s e-mail