FILE PHOTO: White House senior advisor Jared Kushner speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump as Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Hous Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) look on during a bill signing ceremony for the “First Step Act” and the “Juvenile Justice Reform Act” in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
February 28, 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff in May to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
It said senior administration officials were troubled by the decision, which prompted then White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to write an internal memo about how he had been ordered to give Kushner the top-secret clearance.
(Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Eric Beech)
