Washington sources have reported that US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued US intelligence report, the President's Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secrets. Meanwhile two US officials familiar with the matter said Mr. Kushner, who has been operating under an interim security clearance for about a year, had his access to the highly classified briefing cut off in the past few weeks.
Meanwhile a White House spokesman for Mr. Kushner did not immediately return a phone call and email seeking comment. Trump ignored reporters' shouted questions about Mr. Kushner and his clearance at an event and Mr. Kushner's attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement that "Mr. Kushner has done more than what is expected of him in this process."
Further new security clearance policies announced
by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Lowell said "He will not
affect Mr. Kushner's ability to continue to do the very important work he has
been assigned by the President". Furthermore one of the US officials who
said Kushner had lost access to the daily brief said that without it, his role
in some major policy deliberations, including on China and Russia, could be
limited.
