Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), a 2020 White House candidate, on Monday slammed President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE over a whistleblower’s claims that more than two dozen denied security clearances were reversed by his White House.
“Every single day that goes by, we see a new form of the risks posed to our country by a corrupt administration. We woke up this morning to find out that at least 25 people in this administration had been denied security clearances,” Warren said at the “We the People” summit in Washington, D.C.
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“Why? Because they had ties to foreign governments, they had conflicts of interests. Because they had financial problems that made them vulnerable,” she continued.
The senator added that Trump’s “answer was to just ram them on through.”
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“The Trump administration is a walking, talking, living, breathing threat to national security, and we just have to call it out,” she said.
Elizabeth Warren: “The Trump administration is a walking, talking, living, breathing threat to national security, and we just have to call it out.”https://t.co/NdpFgVY9BS pic.twitter.com/wknTtVrHZK
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Tricia Newbold, a White House security adviser, told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that the Trump administration overruled her and other officials to grant the security clearances despite red flags, according to a memo released Monday by Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
“According to Ms. Newbold, these individuals had a wide range of serious disqualifying issues involving foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, and criminal conduct,” the memo states.