WASHINGTON — White House staffers operating with interim security clearances — including President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner — were told in a memo Friday that they will no longer have access to highly classified information requiring the highest level of clearance, NBC News confirmed Tuesday.
Kushner himself no longer has access to highly classified information, multiple sources briefed on the memo told NBC News, but a spokesperson for Kushner said Tuesday that the new clearance policy will not affect his "ability to continue to do the very important work he has been assigned by the president."
He is not the only White House official whose clearance is impacted: Other senior staff, like Trump's daughter, Ivanka, had also been operating on interim clearances for access to highly classified information marked SCI — or, sensitive compartmented information. The change in policy was first reported by Politico.
Source : nbcnews
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