Former personnel security director will answer a narrowed scope of House investigators’ questions after the Oversight Committee chairman’s threat.
By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow April 27 at 10:49 AM The Trump administration has agreed to allow a former White House personnel security director, who House Democrats threatened with contempt, to testify on May 1 — a de-escalation move after President Trump said he would ignore “all the subpoenas.”
The White House had blocked Kline from showing up for a subpoenaed deposition earlier this week, leading Chairman Elijah E. Cummings to announce that he’d hold Kline in contempt for ignoring a compulsory Hill summons. But Democrats have already received broad briefings on office practices. They want to grill Kline on specific decisions he made to grant security clearances to several top Trump officials after his subordinates raised red flags about their qualifications.
One of those individuals was Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who serves as a senior adviser to the president.
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