The Democrat-led House Oversight Committee has launched a new probe into alleged “grave” breaches of national security in the security clearance process with the White House and Trump transition team, in the panel's latest move to ramp up Trump-focused investigations. The committee is seeking information on clearance issues involving a number of current and former Trump administration officials—specifically, former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland, after leaving the White House, was under consideration to be the ambassador of Singapore, but withdrew her nomination amid criticism from the left. Cummings’ announcement of a security clearance probe is the latest example of the committee ramping up Trump-focused investigations. Republicans on the committee said the latest security clearance probe was not floated by GOP members ahead of its announcement.

Source: Fox News January 23, 2019 19:36 UTC