Reportedly this is legal.
Why?
The CIA in particular flat refused to sign off on clearances for Kushner and others.
So Trump overruled them.
The Jared Kushner security clearance story reveals Donald Trump's two biggest flaws
The President reportedly ordered his then-chief of staff John Kelly to secure a top-secret security clearance for his son-in-law Jared Kushner, ignoring the objections of the intelligence community and of Kelly himself.
"It is not known precisely what factors led to the problems with Mr. Kushner's security clearance," read the Times report.
"Officials had raised questions about his own and his family's real estate business's ties to foreign governments and investors, and about initially unreported contacts he had with foreigners.
The issue also generated criticism of Mr. Trump for having two family members serve in official capacities in the West Wing."
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Stop and think about this for a second: The President of the United States overrode concerns expressed, according to The New York Times, by intelligence officials, his chief of staff and his White House counsel, to push for a top-secret security clearance for his son-in-law, who, not for nothing, he had endowed with such a broad portfolio that Kushner was referred to as the "Secretary of Everything" in the early days of Trump's White House.
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