It has been a rough few weeks for President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The senior White House adviser lost his top-secret security clearance last Friday, is accused of being a target for manipulation by foreign officials, and was the subject of a New York Times piece alleging companies gave his family business millions in loans following White House meetings.
Now, though, with the official announcement of Trump's 2020 re-election bid, Kushner has a convenient escape hatch from the West Wing if the scandals mount much further: He can simply transition to being a campaign adviser. "People close to Kushner do not expect him to make a sudden departure — unless more damaging news stories make his continued presence in the White House untenable," Politico writes. "If he does leave, he's expected to do so on his own terms, administration officials said."
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