Jared Kushner stripped of top-secret security clearance

Contacts with foreign government officials partly responsible for clearance downgrade

Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner has been stripped of top-secret security clearance
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Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, has been stripped of his top-secret security clearance after Trump's chief of staff John Kelly ordered changes to the security clearance system.

The Washington Post reports that several concerns had been raised inside the White House over Kushner’s contacts with “certain foreign government officials”, which contributed to the rejection of his application for permanent security clearance.

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