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    Battle Over Security Clearances Accelerates With Report Of Trump Intervention

    Chairman Elijah Cummings said he would intensify his efforts to investigate the Trump administration after The New York Times reported that the president overruled aides on Jared Kushner's clearance.
    by Philip Ewing Mar 01, 2019 3 minutes
    White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has been at the center of a controversy over security clearances. <em>The New York Times</em> is now reporting that President Trump intervened to get Kushner clearance against his aides' advice.

    Updated at 11:39 a.m. ET

    The White House and the leader of the House oversight committee are squaring off for what could become a battle royale over security clearances within the Trump administration.

    Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., launched an investigation in January into the White House's practices in awarding clearances to top aides. On Friday, he said he's accelerating those efforts following a report that President Trump intervened personally to grant access to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, over aides' objections.

    Cummings says the

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