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Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s attacks on her husband George Conway saying he’s “a counterpuncher” and asserting that the president is free to respond when he’s accused of having a mental illness.“He left it alone for months out of respect for me,” Conway, a senior Trump aide, told POLITICO in a brief telephone interview. “But you think he shouldn’t respond when somebody, a non-medical professional accuses him of having a mental disorder? You think he should just take that sitting down?”Story Continued Below “Don't play psychiatrist any more than George should be,” she added. “You're not a psychiatrist and he's not, respectfully.” Conway’s defense of her boss comes as Trump has spent the past two days ripping her husband on Twitter. While the president has generally restrained from attacking George Conway, a longtime conservative lawyer who has repeatedly mocked … [Read more...] about Kellyanne Conway defends Trump after he attacked her husband

White House Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, claimed Friday that President Donald Trump has the "absolute right" to order that security clearances be approved, following a report that the president did so for son-in-law Jared Kushner despite other officials' misgivings. "We don't discuss security clearances. I won't discuss my own," she said during an interview on Fox News. "I will tell you the president has the absolute right to do what was described."Story Continued Below Trump "ordered" his former chief of staff John Kelly to grant Kushner top-secret security access, the New York Times reported Thursday, which Kelly reportedly described in an internal memo around that time. The Times reported that Kelly, White House counsel Don McGahn and U.S. intelligence officials all objected to giving Kushner a top-secret clearance, but the full scope of their concerns is unknown. The president denied he played a role in Kushner being granted the clearance during an interview … [Read more...] about Kellyanne Conway says Trump has ‘absolute right’ to order security clearances

Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday hit back at incoming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, accusing the 29-year-old freshman Democrat of being naive after she took a dig at outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly. Ocasio-Cortez on Monday slammed Kelly for his refusal to apologize to Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson when the two sparred over President Donald Trump’s comments to a grieving military widow in the fall 0f 2017. Ocasio-Cortez echoed a call from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) for Kelly to express remorse for discredited claims about Wilson before he leaves the White House at the end of the year. Story Continued Below Pointing out that Kelly’s assertion that the Florida congresswoman took credit for securing the funding for a Florida FBI building had been debunked, Ocasio-Cortez wrote that Kelly was “straight up exposed” in his comments “aimed at discrediting her.” “He absolutely owes her an apology, and his refusal to do so isn’t a sign … [Read more...] about Kellyanne Conway swipes at Ocasio-Cortez over John Kelly tweet