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Clearan clearance. >> she has to right to do that. >> reporter: the new york times reports that last year trump ordered white house chief of staff john kelly to grant kushner's clearance, despite president trump's categorical denial to the "time's" in an interview if january. >> did you tell anyone else in the white house to override the clearance? >> no, i don't think i did it. but i wouldn't do it. >> it's a special office that does security measures. they're all career people. there was nobody in the political process that had anybody to do with it. there was nobody that pressured it. it wa...

All accounts should not be trusted. so whether the president wants to characterize that as being misunderstood, it's a pattern. from that pattern, some troubling conclusions can be drawn. >> amy, i also want to talk with you about another story that has washington insiders questioning whether president trump's family is getting special treatment. the chairman of theous oversight committee demanding they turn over documents that he personally intervene in a security clearance. contradiction accuse trump and his daughter of lying over how the clearance was approved. listen here to ivanka trump. ...

Kushner receive a top secret clearance despite objections of officials. mr. trump denied he was involved. a lot to cover here. we get more now from cnn's abbey philip. >> reporter: the white house now defending president trump's power to grant top secret clearance to his son-in-law and top white house official jared kushner over the career of intelligence officials who raised concerns about his background check. >> was the president involved if jared kushner's security clearance process? >> we don't discuss security clearances. i don't discuss my own. i will tell you the president has the abso...