Trump, however, was never required to pass a security clearance investigation. According to the experts consulted by The Post, the 2016 presidential election was considered Trump’s security clearance inquiry, and the American electorate judged him to be a safe security risk — though at the time of the election, the public was unaware of the Daniels situation, in part because Trump or his lawyer bribed Daniels to keep the story from going public less that two weeks before the election.