Ranking House Intelligence Committee member Adam Schiff called Sunday for a review of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s security clearance in light of reports he discussed setting up secretive back channels with Russian officials.
Although Schiff (D-Calif.) declined to comment on the accuracy of the reports, he said Kushner’s access to highly classified intelligence should be scrutinized.
“I do think there ought to be a review of his security clearance to find out whether he was truthful, whether he was candid,” the lawmaker said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Schiff added that without such a review, “there’s no way he can maintain that kind of a clearance.”
The Washington Post on Friday reported that Kushner talked with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the presidential transition about the possibility of enabling back-channel communications that would potentially evade U.S. monitoring. The reported actions has been critiqued by former national security and intelligence officials, who have questioned the legality of such dialogue. The Democratic National Committee on Friday called for Kushner to be fired “immediately.”
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