Natalie Harp Worked At White House For Over A Year Without Security Clearance, Report Says
White House security officials raised concerns before Trump intervened and Harp received clearance after more than a year without completing the routine vetting process.
- On Wednesday, MS NOW reported that Natalie Harp, executive assistant to President Donald Trump, worked at the White House for over a year without security clearance before Trump personally intervened to ensure she submitted required forms.
- Harp attracted intense scrutiny due to her near-constant proximity to the President and influential gatekeeper role; White House counsel and security officials raised concerns about her lack of vetting, prompting Trump's direct intervention.
- Secret Service agents and senior aides raised security concerns about Harp during the administration's first year; one source said she "plays into the less productive and more troublesome parts of his nature, putting things in front of him that aren't vetted."
- Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., criticized the administration, claiming the President surrounds himself with "sycophants"; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Harp as a "loyal and hardworking member of President Trump's team.
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Trump personally intervened to help most loyal aide get security clearance: report
President Donald Trump's close aide Natalie Harp apparently worked inside the White House for a year without a security clearance, according to a report on Wednesday.MS NOW's White House correspondent Jake Traylor disclosed the revelation about Harp, who has been at the center of rumors about the na...
Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
Natalie Harp Worked Without Security Clearance for a Year
“President Donald Trump’s closest aide, Natalie Harp, declined multiple times over more than a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House,” MS NOW reports. “Both people said Harp’s reasoning for declining to complete the process was unknown.”
Trump Reportedly Had to Intervene After Natalie Harp Kept Declining to Seek Security Clearance
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais President Donald Trump reportedly had to personally intervene after his close aide Natalie Harp repeatedly declined to seek a routine security clearance despite her extraordinary access to the president. Harp went more than a year without initiating the standard clearance process typically undertaken by West Wing employees, MS NOW reported Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. It remains unclear…
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