Trump Team Denies Security Clearances Sought for Kids

“Jared and I were chuckling about it this morning – this whole description of the knife fight or this internal fighting”, Miller told CNN’s “Newsroom with Carol Costello” program, Wednesday morning.

US President-elect Donald Trump was considering to have his children gain top-level security clearance, according to a source from Trump’s transition team. Which is a slightly separate matter.

While Ivanka Trump is not expected to play a role in Donald Trump’s White House, she has already shown an inclination to use her father’s new position to make money.

The law was created to prevent nepotism in the government and to bar the US President from using their federal power to their personal benefit.

Mr. Trump’s adult children have been intimately involved with the family business, and having access to state secrets or classified information could seemingly present conflicts if that’s where they return after assisting in the presidential transition efforts.

Ivanka said “I’m going to be a daughter”. “I know everybody’s very concerned about security, which is a slightly separate matter”. “The White House is not a shopping mall”.

His team is reportedly in talks with New York City about the possibility of closing the city’s Fifth Avenue to traffic while he is staying at Trump Tower.

The “style alert” quickly spread on social media, raising a storm of criticism as some saw it as blurring the lines between business and politics as the real-estate tycoon prepares to take office on January 20.

When Stahl pursued more information, such as if the presidential campaign had damaged the Trump brand, Ivanka responded by saying, “I don’t think it matters”, and that her father’s job as president “is so much more important”. The four were also close advisers to Trump’s campaign, Reuters noted.

A senior intelligence official told NBC News that there has never been a requirement for the First Lady or children in residence at the White House to have any sort of security clearance.

Trump’s children’s involvement in the transition team has perturbed ethics officials, as it offers an unparalleled amount of conflicts of interest.