A top Democrat is pushing his Republican counterpart to subpoena the White House for Flynn and Kushner documents
*Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings is pressing Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy to subpoena the White House for documents related to fired national security adviser Michael Flynn's and senior adviser Jared Kushner's security clearances.
*Gowdy and Cummings are chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, respectively.
*Democrats have been pushing for information on the clearances for much of the past year.
The top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is pressing the Republican committee chairman on Thursday to subpoena the White House for documents related to top White House officials' security clearances.
Cummings wrote that the White House has withheld the documents related to the security clearances of former national security adviser Michael Flynn and current White House senior adviser Jared Kushner from Congress for more than half a year. Cummings wants to know why Kushner and Flynn's security clearances hadn't been suspended.
"The rules governing the suspension of security clearances were established to protect our national security by temporarily halting the flow of classified information until allegations are fully investigated and resolved," committee ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings wrote. "We do not understand why the White House disregarded these rules in these cases, but it is our responsibility on the Oversight Committee to find out."
The Maryland Democrat highlighted that Flynn still held an authorized security clearance during the 18-day period from when acting Attorney General Sally Yates informed the White House that he could possibly be blackmailed by Russia until he was fired last February, while Kushner maintains his security clearance even as he has had to amend the application form on several occassions for omitting contacts with foreign sources.
In the letter, Cummings called for all documents and communications related to Flynn's and Kushner's security clearances; Kushner's application; White House officials who have had to resign or were fired; policies related to how the White House handles the suspension of security clearances; and contacts between Yates and White House counsel Donald McGahn about Flynn.
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