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Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence as background check remains incomplete

March 01, 2018 21:22·
Kushner's Israeli business ties examined amid loss of security clearance

Kushner's Israeli business ties examined amid loss of security clearance

Earlier Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders wouldn't comment directly on Kushner's security standing. Lowell's most ridiculous statement, though, was that the changes to Kushner's clearance would "not affect Mr. Kushner's ability to continue to do the very important work he has been assigned by the president".

Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, said Kushner's status will deny him the most sensitive information pertaining to Middle East peace negotiations.

"He's doing a great job on behalf of the president and he is going to continue in his role", White House spokesman Raj Shah said on CNN Tuesday evening.

Because he had an interim clearance, Kushner was not supposed to be able to see the president's daily intelligence briefing or have access to other top-secret program information, one administration official said.

The government officials who typically hold Secret clearances are in charge of the "nuts and bolts" of running the national security apparatus, Moss said.

US President Donald Trump alongside his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner during a meeting at the White House, February 23, 2017. The practice itself isn't unusual, but the number of Trump administration officials who have still yet to receive long-term clearance - by some estimates, as many as 40 were relying on interim clearances before Friday's crackdown - is abnormal.

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Gary Cohn, Trump's chief economic adviser, said, "Josh has been a trusted partner as we worked to enact the President's economic agenda and passed historic tax reform".

Kushner's official title was retracted from the press release announcing Brad Parscale as the campaign manager for Trump's 2020 bid after the Associated Press raised questions on its legality.

The Porter debacle prompted renewed scrutiny of the current White House's processes.

The paper reported that it is unclear, based on current and former USA officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter, that the countries - - Mexico, Israel, China and the United Arab Emirates - acted on the conversations. Citing current and former USA officials, the paper said foreign officials from Israel, Mexico, China and the United Arab Emirates singled out Kushner's financial difficulties, business arrangements and lack of foreign policy experience as possible buttons to push.

Also Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that senior officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways to manipulate Kushner over his sprawling business ties.

Mr. Mueller's team has asked people about the protocols that Mr. Kushner used when he set up conversations with foreign leaders. Some of his company's biggest investors have also been connected to the Kremlin, according to the New York Times. A White House official told Axios that "we call Josh" when there's a crisis, adding that "he is always handling the worst stories".

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