Access to PDB and Other National Secrets Now Restricted
Jared Kushner no longer has access to top secret intelligence information. The Senior Advisor to the President who has requested more confidential information than any other White House employee will no longer be able to do so. The president’s son-in-law will no longer have access to important government secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief (PDB).
“Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded,” Politico reports, calling it “a move that will prevent him from viewing many of the sensitive documents to which he once had unfettered access.”
Kushner is just one of an unknown number of White House staffers who on Friday were told they would no longer have top secret security clearance because they were working on interim clearances.
News outlets reported that 130 White House staffers as of November were working with just interim clearances. Kushner’s situation  especially is detrimental because the FBI reportedly cannot recommend a full security clearance for him.