Sally Yates Slams Trump For 'Cavalierly Lying' About Kushner Security Clearance
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Sally Yates slammed President Trump in a tweet on Friday.
Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates slammed President Trump for "cavalierly lying" about White House adviser Jared Kushner's security clearance. "Hard to know which is more dangerous—jeopardizing our most sensitive national security information or so cavalierly lying about it. Have we lost our ability to be shocked?" Yates tweeted on Friday. Yates included a link to a recent New York Times report in her tweet.
The Times noted: "President Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials and the White House's top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said."
The piece goes on to say: "The disclosure of the memos contradicts statements made by the president."
Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates slammed President Trump for "cavalierly lying" about White House adviser Jared Kushner's security clearance. "Hard to know which is more dangerous—jeopardizing our most sensitive national security information or so cavalierly lying about it. Have we lost our ability to be shocked?" Yates tweeted on Friday. Yates included a link to a recent New York Times report in her tweet.
The Times noted: "President Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials and the White House's top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said."
The piece goes on to say: "The disclosure of the memos contradicts statements made by the president."