Kushner’s Ordeal
Phil Mudd, a former CIA and FBI official who is now a CNN national security analyst said that Kushner was downgraded and lost his access to certain privileged information.
“He can’t see intercepted communications — that’s top secret, he’s now downgraded to secret … he can’t see the most secret CIA information about their informants,” Mudd said.
“Even though this is wholly within the executive branch, there are long standing rules and regulations governing the security clearance process to ensure they are not manipulated by political reasons,” Steve Vladeck said. “For the President to override that process would be to throw that understanding into the garbage.”
Many had issues with the President hiring family members, something Trump had done. Now that choice could be a bother for him as Kushner became a clear target for Mueller and his investigation.
Despite Kushner being downgraded, he will stay at the White House.
“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.
