Cummings Demands Info on Trump's Personal Assistant

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is demanding information on the background check ofJohn McEntee, Donald Trump’s personal assistant who was fired this week over a Homeland Security investigation into financial crimes. Sources told theWSJ that McEntee said problems related to online gambling and mishandling of his taxes prevented him from gaining the clearance necessary for the role. The Secret Service is investigating McEntee for those issues, according to a law enforcement official. "I have been warning for more than a year about the White House's deficient background check process — as well as specific officials who have been granted access to our nation's most closely guarded secrets despite derogatory information known to White House officials," Cummings wrote in a letter to WH CoS John Kelly. Cummings also called on Committee Chairman Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) to issue a subpoena for documents the WH has withheld in response to the Committee’s bipartisan investigation into reports that senior White House and Cabinet officials, including Kellyanne Conway, were traveling around the country on private jets. More here.