It is completely unclear why the former far right wing/propaganda ‘news’ host and now Trump’s latest concubine, Natalie Harp, declined multiple times for over a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the People’s House… but…she did. It appears that pretty much everyone in Trump’s orbit believes he or she is above the law.
After concerns mounted among the White House counsel’s office and security officials, the president himself intervened, and Harp in recent months filled out the forms to launch a formal federal background investigation and received the clearance, one of the people said.
The lack of a security clearance is one of several red flags raised about Harp internally by Trump’s top aides since he returned to the White House in January 2025. Harp operates unusually close to the president and filters much of the information Trump sees on a daily basis, and that proximity has spurred frustration inside the West Wing, according to those two people and two other people granted anonymity to speak candidly about internal and sensitive dynamics.
Harp, 35, has developed a reputation as a gatekeeper for Trump, providing him with printed poll numbers and physical copies of favorable news coverage.
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