Jared Kushner loses top-secret clearance in White House crackdown
Washington — Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, can no longer attend some meetings of the National Security Council, or see the highly classified President’s Daily Brief or war-related intelligence, after losing his top-secret security clearance as part of a broader White House crackdown, according to a person familiar with the matter. Kushner’s reduced access raises questions about how it will affect his role as Trump’s main Middle East peace negotiator, although a spokesman insisted nothing has changed in how Kushner will be able to fulfill his multiple roles. Kushner is among several White House aides still awaiting the outcome of FBI background checks who lost interim clearances that granted them access to the highly sensitive information they previously could review, under a new policy backed by White House chief of staff John Kelly. The changes were laid out in a new memo, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The new...
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