Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said on Wednesday that if White House senior adviser Jared Kushner Jared Corey KushnerAbraham Accords: New hope for peace in Middle East Tenants in Kushner building file lawsuit alleging dangerous living conditions Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing MORE wasn’t President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s son-in-law, he would not have been granted a permanent security clearance.

Lieu claimed on Twitter that the FBI does not grant security clearance and the decision to give Kushner one on Wednesday was made by the White House.

.@FBI does not grant or adjudicate security clearances. Decision to give Jared Kushner a clearance was made solely by the White House.



Kushner omitted his Trump Tower meeting not once, but TWICE on his SF-86s. If he wasn't the son-in-law of @POTUS, he would not have a clearance https://t.co/6FNcMZJAQn — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 23, 2018

“Kushner omitted his Trump Tower meeting not once, but TWICE on his SF-86s,” Lieu write on twitter. “If he wasn't the son-in-law of @POTUS, he would not have a clearance.”

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Kushner was granted a permanent security clearance on Wednesday after working more than a year for the Trump administration. He previously held a temporary clearance status.

A source told The New York Times that the clearance was approved by career staffers at the FBI after a background check and did not involve Trump.

Kushner’s attorney Abbe Lowell said that his client got the clearance after properly submitting an application.

Kushner's temporary status was made public after questions arose about former staff secretary Rob Porter, who was working at the White House without a full security clearance. Kushner’s clearance was then downgraded from top secret to a lower level of access.