A former ethics lawyer who worked under President George W. Bush blasted White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, who is President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE's son-in-law, for still having a security clearance.

“Jared Kushner's security clearance should be revoked. If not, we should just throw in the towel and give one to Vladimir Putin himself,” Richard Painter tweeted on Sunday.

Jared Kushner's security clearance should be revoked. If not, we should just throw in the towel and give one to Vladimir Putin himself — Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 16, 2017

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Kushner has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks after it was reported last week that he retroactively updated the disclosure portion of his security clearance application to include more than 100 names of foreign nationals he met with.

It also came to light last weekend that Kushner was present at a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE. The meeting was set up by Donald Trump Jr. and was also attended by then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

After details of the meeting were publicized, Kushner faced broad criticism, with Sen. Chris Murphy Christopher (Chris) Scott MurphyDemocratic senator calls for 'more flexible' medical supply chain to counter pandemics The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon GOP chairman to release interim report on Biden probe 'in about a week' MORE (D-Conn.) saying in “a normal political world,” Kushner would lose his job.

"In a normal world, we wouldn't be talking about security clearances, Jared Kushner would have been fired about four hours ago," Murphy said on MSNBC last week.

Emails released by Trump Jr. from music publicist Rob Goldstone, who acted as an intermediary to set up the meeting, said the information “would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.”

“This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump,” Goldstone wrote.

“If it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer,” Trump Jr. replied. He later forwarded the full email chain to Kushner and Manafort.