You need a top secret clearance for his job, interims are never given for a Top Secret clearance unless it is an emergency, usually war. I know folks that have had to wait over a year to start work at the DoD just waiting on a secret clearance let alone a Top secret one. White house is lying again to cover their ***, what is new. ****, potential employees are denied a clearance for having a DUI and it ALWAYS is denied if you lie or leave anything out. Unlike Jared, who has gotten like, I don't know how many do overs. But hell, Trump is still hiding his Tax returns he promised he would release so who believes anything he says except his rubes, they just need him for validation at this point.