White House senior adviser Jared Kushner pushed back against complaints by watchdogs about his ‘shadow’ coronavirus task force and its “entrepreneurial approach,” an effort they say operates with little public oversight.

The effort operates in parallel to Vice President Mike Pence’s official task force. But watchdogs complained that laws might be being violated because, where members of Pence’s team join Trump most nights to brief journalists on their plans and findings, Kushner’s crew of public officials and private sector individuals is mostly out of sight, and private sector members are using private email to communicate about government business, according to reports.