“Everyone in the White House is grateful for these valuable contributions to furthering the president’s agenda,” Mr. Kelly said of Mr. Kushner. “There is no truth to any suggestion otherwise.”It is unclear whether Mr. Kushner would need to review highly classified information. Another White House official denied that Mr. Kushner had ever raised the issue of the intelligence summary in his discussions with Mr. Kelly over his clearance. “We should — and in the future, must — do better,” Mr. Kelly said in his memo last week. “Similar reviews will occur monthly for long-outstanding adjudications,” Mr. Kelly wrote.

Source: New York Times February 21, 2018 01:51 UTC