Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser, will be barred from looking at sensitive documents that he previously had access to, according to multiple media reports.
Kushner and several other White House aides were informed in a memo on Friday that their interim security clearances would be downgraded from top-secret/SCI-level (sensitive compartmented information) to secret level, according to a report from Politico on Tuesday. Reuters also reported that Kushner has lost access to the president’s daily briefing, a daily digest of intelligence updates.
The news comes days after Chief of Staff John Kelly announced plans to overhaul the Trump administration’s security clearance process for staff.
On Friday, February 16, Kelly sent out a memo outlining new rules and procedures for administration standards. Media outlets, including the Washington Post, speculated that this would affect Kushner and potentially dozens of other White House aides still lacking long-term security clearances.
Kelly’s memo was, in part, a reaction to revelations that since-ousted staff secretary Rob Porter had an interim security clearance and remained on the job even after the FBI, Kelly, and White House counsel Don McGahn were made aware of allegations of physical and emotional abuse against him from former ex-wives and a former girlfriend.
Kushner has a checkered past, security-wise, and a whole lot of responsibility
Kushner, a 37-year-old investor and real estate developer who is married to the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump, had not been granted a permanent security clearance.
Perhaps part of the reason is that he has repeatedly made amendments to forms detailing his contacts with foreign officials and financial assets. He’s also claimed to have forgotten vital information in his dealings with Congress and the ongoing Russia probe. Finally, he is reportedly
Sourse: vox.com
