A group of Democratic senators are calling for an investigation into White House security clearance procedures following the resignation of a top aide who has been accused of domestic abuse.
Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) sent a letter to Wayne Stone, the acting inspector general for the intelligence community, requesting an investigation into the administration’s process for granting security clearances.
The investigation will touch upon the most disturbing issues with Trump-Kush-Russian contacts.
“Why doesn’t Jared have a clearance after all this time?” will be answered by the investigators, and it might damn well be something such as:
“Because the little fking weasel had loans going through banks that appeared to be backed by certain Russians with which the little bastard met and failed to report on his application, not to mention that we’re talking about a jackass who wandered into the Russian embassy asking about whether he could use the Russian computer network to talk to Putin, all so that American law enforcement could not hear the details of the contacts.
“Would YOU give this little piece of sshhh ….anything?”
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And the White House knows damn well that’s the direction this is headed. More heat, another investigation, different pertinent questions, all going back to Russia. It actually could provide another needed avenue to the truth should one be needed, never know with Trump and his desire to get rid of Mueller.
The lies and omissions on the application align almost precisely with Trump’s own issues with Russia. It is likely you can’t have one without the other.
Very much worth watching.
*** I published this late yesterday afternoon, early evening, and I know without a doubt in my mind this was announced under a “breaking” headline (On Ari, I think). And ever since Hardball, I’ve not seen a thing in follow-up.
I have changed the title.
That makes me doubt this has been formally organized and that perhaps the announcement had some confusion wrapped around the fact that the FBI Dir., CIA Director, DNI, are all at a hearing today in front of the Senate and they’ve said they will address clearances. That’s definitely not a formal investigation, but it could have caused their confusion.
There’s no question the letter has been issued.
I dearly dearly hope that no one here holds this against me. I hardly published it in a desperate attempt to leap to the Wreck list. It was right in front of my slit eyes on my electric television.
They damn well NEED A FORMAL INVESTIGATION, and so I wonder if a formal announcement will be made today.