CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that the only reason why President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is able to work in the White House is because he’s in the “lucky sperm club.”
“Isn’t the problem nepotism? That’s really what this is all about,” Toobin said on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” Tuesday night. “Jared Kushner is not qualified for the job he’s doing.”
“His only qualification is that he’s the president’s son-in-law. He’s a modestly successful real-estate developer of his father’s company, a lucky sperm club,” he continued.
Toobin’s comments came after the New York Times reported Kushner is at odds with chief of staff John Kelly over potentially losing his access to highly classified information after the White House decided to cut off access for staff with interim security clearances.
Kushner has been operating on a temporary security clearance for over a year now as FBI and White House Security Office have delayed issuing him a permanent security clearance, allegedly because of issues arising from his background check.
“This is why presidents shouldn’t appoint close relatives to be their top advisers. Because they can’t be treated like everybody else,” Toobin continued. “He shouldn’t have this job in the first place, and who knows if he should have a security clearance. It’s absurd that it hasn’t been resolved one way or another.”
On Tuesday, Kelly said he has “full confidence” Kushner’s foreign affairs work won’t be impacted by the White House’s latest move.
