The White House is refusing to give the House Oversight Committee any information about Jared Kushner’s security clearance.

On March 1, the Oversight Committee requested information about the context surrounding the White House granting Kushner’s security clearance after the New York Times reported that the president ordered then-chief of staff John Kelly to give it to him — in spite of security issues raised the CIA.

Kelly and then-White House counsel Don McGahn were both reportedly so concerned by the order that they both wrote contemporaneous memos about it.

Their argument seems to be that they don’t have to give Congress much of anything and that they are nice people and that should be enough proof that Jared is not selling secrets to Saudi Arabia in exchange for money.  So there.

Since 81 subpoenas were issued and this is the first they jumped on, that tells you which one we really, really need to see.

Jared’s Dad went to prison to cover for him but I would not count on Trump doing that.

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.