According to report reaching oyogist.com, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said five White House staffers were “no longer employed” over their use of marijuana as part of a vetting process for security clearance.
Oyogist.com gathered that dozens of young White House staffers had either been asked to resign, were suspended or put in a remote work program over their past marijuana use.
Psaki did not directly respond to the report, but claimed in a tweet that five firings had come from “hundreds of people hired,” and assured Americans the Biden administration had loosened existing policy on marijuana use.
The Biden administration changed the existing marijuana policy by allowing waivers on a case-by-case basis for potential staffers in the Executive Office of the President that wouldn’t require them to go through the vetting process for a Top Secret security clearance, Psaki shared Friday.
