Jared Kushner stripped of top secret security clearance

Published February 27, 2018 9:03pm ET



White House senior adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had his security clearance downgraded on Tuesday from the Top Secret/SCI-level to Secret level.

Kushner was one of several White House aides working with highest-level interim security clearances. They were told in a memo sent to staff Friday their clearances would be downgraded, according to Politico and other reports. SCI stands for sensitive compartmentalized information.

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