Six Trump Staffers Just Got Fired For Failing FBI Background Checks

According to Politico, six White House staffers were dismissed after failing their FBI background checks.

The six were escorted from the building after they didn’t pass the “Questionnaire for National Security Positions.” Without passing the questionnaire, the six could not be granted national security clearance.

At least one staffer who failed a background check, Caroline Weil’s, former director of scheduling and the daughter of president trumps Florida campaign manager, is being given a job at the Treasury department.

For Trump, who claims he only hires the best people, this is another blow to his administration just days after Michael Flynn was forced to resign as Trump’s National Security Adviser, and his original nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, stepped down from consideration.

Earlier today, his replacement for the National Security Adviser publicly rejected his offer. Dozens of important positions in the State Department are still unfilled.

These are the details you expect the President and his staff to figure out before offering national security positions to unqualified people as nepotistic favors to campaign managers and former staff. The fact his administration tried to put unqualified people into positions that make them privy to national secrets should raise many red flags and be alarming to the American people.

Dan Arel

Dan Arel is a bestselling author of The Secular Activist; and Parenting Without God. He is an award-winning journalist and host of the Danthropology Podcast.