Sources: Mueller probe stymies Kushner security clearance

[RandySF]

Washington (CNN)Jared Kushner has been unable to obtain a full security clearance in part because of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is unlikely to obtain the full clearance as long as the special counsel's probe is ongoing, one of the sources said.

Kushner's application for a top-level security clearance has been held up for over a year in part because it cannot be completed while the special counsel's team continues to probe Kushner's contacts with Russians and his financial dealings with foreigners, the sources said. During that time, Kushner has been able to access the government's most sensitive secrets thanks to an interim security clearance. But that access could soon be cut off -- unless Trump steps in with a waiver.

There is no indication that Mueller is close to wrapping up his investigation, and an impending crackdown by White House chief of staff John Kelly aimed at restricting access to classified information for those with long-pending interim clearances is expected to nix or downgrade Kushner's interim security clearance. The combination of factors could leave Kushner without a security clearance for months to come, even as he tackles sensitive issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United States' relationship with Mexico.

The situation is especially complicated for Kushner because the FBI isn't sharing information with the White House that would typically be relevant in a background investigation for security clearance. That's because sharing such information could compromise the special counsel's probe.



https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance-delay-mueller-investigation/index.html

[nocalflea]

1. The intelligence agencies have hard proof this guy is compromised.

I doubt they're giving him " access" to "the government's most sensitive secrets ".

And how would he know the difference ?

So it's pretty interesting that he has put in more requests for classified info than others in the WH.

I wonder if he's being "coached"or "run", 'cause the amount of disinformation you could feed the guy , might be worth letting him keep that clearance.

[Marie Marie]

2. Oh I sooo want to see this pampered little prick in jail.

And of course, his wife and father-in-law also. With jobs doing laundry only this time - real laundry not money.

[mopinko]

3. i have no doubt that cheato will go ahead and grant it for him. but

i also have no doubt that he is being watched very carefully.
prolly too stupid to realize that.

i hope he likes how he looks in orange.