>>6047306 PB'Lots of reports out since Jan. questioning Jared Kushner's security clearance. The person questioning it? Gov't security specialist Tricia Newbold. Cited in at least 25 MSM accounts, all which characterize her as a "whistleblower" (rather than a "leaker").
Call for a DIGG on Tricia Newbold
Who the heck is this lady that's saying smack about Kushner's security clearance and also trying to undermine the Trump administration, by implying that they are allowing people who are a "grave" risk to security in the WH?
Here's what I've found so far.
Breitbart on Tricia Newbold & WH security clearances
"White House official cites problems in security clearances"
Apr 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds, including concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct.
Tricia Newbold, an 18-year government employee who oversaw the issuance of clearances for some senior White House aides, says she compiled a list of at least 25 officials who were initially denied security clearances last year, but senior officials overruled those denials.
The allegations were detailed in a letter and memo released Monday by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The documents, which are based on Newbold’s March 23 private committee interview, don’t identify the officials on the list but say they include “two current senior White House officials, as well as contractors and individuals” in different parts of the Executive Office of the President.
“According to Ms. Newbold, these individuals had a wide range of serious disqualifying issues involving foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use and criminal conduct,” the memo says.
The release of the documents sets up another fight between the White House and the Democratic-controlled House, and it immediately drew criticism from House Republicans who called the allegations overblown and “cherry-picked.”…….
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Fox News on Tuesday that she could not talk about individual security clearances, but asserted that Democrats were “acting in bad faith” because they are asking for personal, confidential information “they know they have absolutely no right to see.”…..
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the committee’s ranking Republican, said in a statement that Cummings’ probe is a “partisan attack” and an “excuse to go fishing” through personnel files. He also said that one person on Newbold’s list is a GSA custodian.
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https://www.breitbart.com/news/white-house-official-cites-problems-in-security-clearances/
Mini-dig in the Archive
''' First mention of her is in Jan 2019. Very little info available so far:
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>>5010192 Feb 2019
Someone was posting about that "Whistleblower" Tricia Newbold and that they couldn't find anything on her. I was able to track down some relatives through the internet and found pictures of her on their Facebook. I was only able to find Tricia's Pinterest account thru her sister.
Maiden name was Picard; Husband I believe is Conrad Sandor Newbold; Sister is Melissa Rahming; Mother is Bernette Picard, Madawaska Maine
Found her possible address of 17** Culpepper Ct, Severn Maryland
Possible 2 children's names Khalik & Khiah
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>>4976626 Jan 2019
'Whistleblower' in White House security clearance office gets suspended
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/whistleblower-white-house-security-clearance-office-gets-suspended-n964826
"Tricia Newbold was suspended less than a week after NBC reported Jared Kushner's top-secret security clearance was approved over staff objections."
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Moar sauce:
Letter to WH counsel from Elijah E. Cummings re House investigation into WH security clearances: https://www.scribd.com/document/403987010/2019-03-01-EEC-to-Cipollone-WH-Re-Security-Clearances#from_embed
Globintel on Tricia Newbold (CAPPED):
https://globintel.com/usa/tricia-newbold-bio-wiki-age/