Earlier, US House Democrats asked Attorney General William Barr to open a criminal case against Trump’s son-in-law amid media reports that the president had ordered White House officials to give him top secret security clearance despite his unreported contacts with over 100 foreign individuals.
Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner is facing heat from officials in Congress and staff from the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia amid reports that he’d held secret, closed door conversations with Saudi officials including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman late last month.
The White House denied the reporting, saying it was “not true” and that Daily Beast’s sources were “misinformed.”