their jobs. there is something that i m stunned by what you said. but let me bring up john kelly again because he s had mitt that the white house has had issues when it comes to the security clearances. that is stunning to me. staunding that it is coming from him because he should know about all of this. he certainly should. and i worked for four chiefs of staff. and at the end of the day as chief of staff, you are responsible for your staff. even jared kushner. and so i think in a kethat kell faced with a decision of how does he get the process back on the rails and make clear that as chief of staff he will enforce this new system and frankly that he will take responsible for the fact that there were systemic abuses of the security clearance system and that the new rules need to be applied and need to be enforced. so i want to talk to you about the report in the new york times that says that the president asked john kelly to help the president force his daughter and jared ku
questions including, who paid whom? much more on that in just a moment. then there s the news that on any other night would be our top story. that s about jared kushner, denied access to top-secret intelligence. the president s son-in-law and senior white house adviser, who was operating on an interim clearance had his access downgraded last week after the chief of staff, john kelly, made changes to the security clearance system. and we re learning that officials from at least four countries have discussed how they could use kushner s business dealings, his inexperience, and his financial troubles to manipulate him. that is according to the washington post, which also reports that those countries, israel, mexico, china, and the uae, the united arab emirates, acted on those conversations. the report goes on to say that a source said top white house officials were worried that kushner was, quote, naive and being tricked by foreign officials. and then there s another member of the presi
universe passageant in mock, questioning about who paid whom. more on that. nonthe news on any other night would be a top story. jarnd jared kushner zpied access to intelligence. the son-in-law and senior adviser operating on an interim clearance had the access downgraded after the chief of staff made changes to the security clearance system. and we learn that officials from at least four countries reportedly discussed how they could use kushner s business dealings and experience in financial troubles to manipulate him. that s according onto the washington post which also reports the countries, israel, mexico, china and uae act the on conversations. the report goes on to say that a source said top white house officials were worried that kushner was, quote, naive, and being tricked by foreign officials. i m bringing in now cnn chief correspondent jim sciutto.
downgraded last week after chief of staff john kelly made changes to the security clearance system. and we are learning officials from at least four countries have reportedly discussed how they could use kushner s business dealings, inexperience and financial troubles to manipulate him. that is according to the washington post, which also reports that those countries, israel, mexico, china, and uae, acted on those conversations. the report goes on to say that a source said top white house officials were worried that kushner was, quote, naive and being tricked by foreign officials. going to bring in now cnn s chief national correspondent jim sciutto. jim, good evening to you. what are you learning tonight? sir don, my colleagues gloria borger, pamela brown and i are told that investigators for mueller have recently been asking witnesses about donald trump s business activities in russia prior to the 2016 presidential campaign as he considered a run for president.
whom? much more on that in just a moment. then there s the news that on any other night would be our top story. that s about jared kushner, denied access to top-secret intelligence. the president s son-in-law and senior white house adviser, who was operating on an interim clearance had his access downgraded last week after the chief of staff, john kelly, made changes to the security clearance system. and we re learning that officials from at least four countries officially discussed how they could use kushner s business dealings, his inexperience, and his financial troubles to manipulate him. that is according to the washington post, which also reports that those countries, israel, mexico, china, and the uae, the united arab emirates, acted on those conversations. the report goes on to say that a source said top white house officials were worried that kushner was, quote, naive and being tricked by foreign officials. and then there s another member of the president s inner circle, whi