The difference is now that President Trump understands the full power of his office in the security clearance process and that he doesn’t need the FBI.
Because President Trump is making civics great again, it’s worth reminding everyone that President Trump has unilateral decision-making authority to grant anyone a security clearance.
An official at FBI headquarters in Washington is warning that the bureau’s security clearance division is politicized and can’t be trusted to screen President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for top administration jobs.
The security clearance rules are what President Trump says the security clearance rules are.
In 2016 the FBI used their power to conduct security clearances as a tool to stall and block President Trump appointments.
The official said the security clearance process has been “contaminated by the political agendas of [security division] officials and other executives in the FBI.” (more) This is not any earth-shattering revelation.
A security clearance is needed for some Cabinet positions, such as attorney general, and the process of obtaining one includes an FBI background check.
The President (atop the executive) can give anyone he chooses a top-secret security clearance status, simply by saying this person has top-secret security clearance.
The allegations of political bias at the FBI’s security division, or SecD, were revealed in a protected whistleblower disclosure sent to the House Judiciary Committee, which The Washington Times reviewed.
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