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Daily Beast Releases 2023 Letters Raising Harp Security Concerns

8/22/2026

Center

Natalie Harp Clearance

The Daily Beast released the text of two private 2023 letters that White House aide Natalie Harp wrote to President Donald Trump.
Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Harp now has a clearance, but MS-NOW reported she worked over a year in the Wing without completing it.
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod called the clearance lapse a ‘deadly serious issue.’
Senator Jon Ossoff mentioned Harp by name at an August 16 campaign rally.

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Natalie Harp Letters

The Daily Beast released two private 2023 letters from White House aide Natalie Harp to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The letters alarmed the Secret Service and highlighted Harp’s personal closeness to the president, raising White House security and staff oversight concerns.
White House spokesperson Davis Ingle called Harp one of the president’s loyal, hard-working aides.
Georgia Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff named Harp in a campaign speech, prompting media scrutiny.

Blindspot

The Secret Service said the letters alarmed them, raising security concerns about the aide’s relationship with the president.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

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Natalie Harp Clearance

The Daily Beast released the text of two private 2023 letters that White House aide Natalie Harp wrote to President Donald Trump.
Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Harp now has a clearance, but MS-NOW reported she worked over a year in the Wing without completing it.
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod called the clearance lapse a ‘deadly serious issue.’
Senator Jon Ossoff mentioned Harp by name at an August 16 campaign rally.

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