WASHINGTON ¨C The White House said on Friday it has consented to a former staffer appearing before a congressional panel for an ¡°on the record interview,¡± accompanied by his lawyers, regarding security clearance policies and procedures.
The ¡°reasonable accommodation offer¡± of a voluntary appearance by former White House Personnel Security Director Carl Kline before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform was disclosed in a letter to the panel¡¯s ranking Republican, Jim Jordan.
It came after Jordan, a leader of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus better known for stoking than soothing partisan frictions, sought to defuse tensions between House Democrats and the Trump administration with a letter urging the White House to agree to a voluntary committee interview on April 30 or May 1, according to two sources who saw Jordan¡¯s letter.
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