fbi conducts a background check. but after concerns were raised by the personnel office, president trump pushed kelly and mcgahn to make the decision saying things like it s no big deal, they ll probably be leaving soon and going back up to new york. so that it didn t appear that the president himself was tainting the process in his family s favor. after both refused, trump grant the security clearances according to sources we ve been speaking with. and of course this development comes on the heels of the new york times reporting, anderson, that trump ordered kelly to grant ivanka s husband, jared kushner, a top security clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials. white house press secretary sarah sanders says the white house cannot comment on security clearance issues nor can it respond to every anonymous source. kelly could not be reached for comment and mcgahn declined to comment for this story, anderson. let s just remind, pamela, our viewers of what ivanka tru
this also comes after the new york times reported that the president did the very same with his son-in-law jared kushner s security clearance, something ivanka trump has previously denied very directly to abc s abby huntsman. listen to this. the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband s clearance. so no special treatment? no. cnn s pamela brown has much more on this. pam, you and kaitlan collins broke this story overnight about ivanka. what happened here? we have learned that president trump demanded john kelly and don mcgahn to grant his daughter ivanka trump a security clearance against their recommendations. while the president, as you know, as a legal authority to grant clearances, most decisions about clearances are left up to the white house personnel security office. but after concerns were raised
to grant his daughter a security clearance against their recommendations. the revelation contradicting ivanka trump s past denial. the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband s clearance. reporter: several sources say it is feasible that ivanka trump was anne i wear of the red flags raised during her daughter s background check all those presidents have the authority to grant clearances. the development coming on the heels of a new york times report last week that the president also ordered kelly to grant ivanka s husband, jared kushner, a top ski correct clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials. president trump denied those reports. i was never involved with his security, but i don t want to get involved in that stuff. reporter: the white house rejecting a request from the house oversight committee to turn over domtcuments related t the security approval process
by that office, president trump pushed kelly and mcgahn to make the decision on ivanka s clearance so it didn t appear as if he was tainting the process in his family s favor. now, after both of them refused, trump granted the security clearance. but this development comes on the heels of the new york times reporting that trump ordered kelly to grant ivanka s husband jared kushner a top secret security clearance. we should note white house press secretary sarah sanders says the white house could not comment on security clearance issues, kelly could not be reached for comment and mcgahn declined to comment. we should also note that several sources tell cnn it is feasible that ivanka was unaware of the red flags raised during her background check process as well as the president s involvement. a person familiar with her process says no issues were ever raised. also house democrats are asking for more detail about all
most instances are left up to the white house personnel security office which would then determine whether staffer should be granted one after the fbi conducts a background check. after concerns were raised, president trump pushed them to make the decision saying thing like it s no big deal. they will probably be leaving soon and going back up to new york so it didn t appear the president was tainting the process in his family s favor. after both refused, trump granted the security clearances according to sources we have been speaking with. this comes on the heels of the new york time reporting that trump ordered kelly to grant ivanka s husband a top security clearance despite concerns raised. sarah sanders says the white house can t comment on security clearance issues.