White House staffer tells Oversight Committee of 'grave' concerns with security clearances

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Monday released a memo detailing “grave” national security concerns raised by a White House staffer over the Trump administration’s security clearance process and announced plans to subpoena a former White House official as part of an ongoing investigation into security clearances.

The whistleblower, Tricia Newbold, participated in a transcribed interview with Democratic and Republican committee staff in late March in order “to expose grave and continuing failures of the White House security clearance system, including the security clearance adjudications of senior White...