#T-rump repeatedly rebuffed requests during transition

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  *** Special counsel Robert Mueller has been gathering evidence about the rendezvous, which took place less than two weeks before Trump’s inauguration. Mueller is reportedly looking to see if the meeting was meant to set up a secret back channel between Trump and Putin, the Russian president. ...    It’s not clear what Prince and the official talked about. But according to The New York Times, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, eventual national security adviser Michael Flynn and then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak discussed the possibility of setting up the communications channel in a December 2016 meeting. ***

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   ((( Crooked Donald not only ignorant about how to govern, but Orange Fuhrer clearly runs White Haus as he did his businesses -- slipshod, ramshackles, and with serious doubts over profiteering and corruption. )))    *** Having interim clearance can hamper a staffer's ability to perform essential functions of the job, a former administration official said. It requires those with full permanent clearances to remain vigilant about what information is shared with those still operating on an interim basis. ... It's not clear which of those staffers gained full clearances in the three months since the information was produced in November 2017. It is also unclear whether the delay is the result of a bureaucratic backlog or potential complications in the background of these aides. ***