increased scrutiny, and new reporting that a white house official who worked closely with the president s son-in-law plans to leave the administration. axios was first to report that josh raffel has decided to step down and return to the private sector. he joined the white house to work for the office of american innovation and ultimately took on communications for both jared kushner and ivanka trump. according to the white house, raffel todd both jared and ivanka about his plans to leave. and the associated press reported that tuesday s news set off ram pabpant speculation tha kushner s days in the white house might be numbered, a contention that the white house disputes. we do not comment on individual security clearances. we actually haven t commented on jared s issue indicated, but we have commented on his ability to do his job. which he is a valued member of the team and he will continue to do the important work that he has been doing since he started in the administration.