CNN has hired the daughter of President Obama’s closest adviser to cover the Justice Department.

Laura Jarrett, daughter of Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett, quietly joined the network in September as a reporter in the Washington bureau, the New York Post reported.

The younger Ms. Jarrett had been working as a private attorney following her graduation from Harvard Law school.

Her mother has been part of Mr. Obama’s inner circle at the White House from the start of his presidency.