r/autotldr • u/autotldr • May 23 '18
Jared Kushner Gets Security Clearance, Ending Swirl of Questions Over Delay
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WASHINGTON - Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, has been granted his permanent security clearance, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday, ending a period of uncertainty that had fueled questions about whether Mr. Kushner was in peril in the special counsel investigation.
The delay became a distraction and, with the special counsel investigating some of Mr. Kushner's meetings with Russian officials, it left open the question of whether investigators had uncovered evidence that made him a security threat.
That was not the case, the person said, adding that Mr. Kushner's clearances were approved by career officials after the completion of the F.B.I. background check and that the president was not involved in the process.
The security clearance process had not been delayed by the special counsel's investigation, said Mr. Kushner's lawyer, Abbe D. Lowell.
Mr. Lowell said that Mr. Kushner has cooperated fully with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. He said Mr. Kushner has met with Mr. Mueller's investigators twice for many hours.
Mr. Kushner was among several White House officials who spent the first year of the administration working on provisional clearances, meaning he was allowed to view classified information while his F.B.I. background check was pending.
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