Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies MORE (D-Calif.) on Sunday said there should be a review of White House advisor Jared Kushner’s security clearance in light of a report that he sought to establish back-channel communications with Moscow.

“There’s another question about his security clearance and whether he was forthcoming about his contacts on that,” Schiff told ABC’s “This Week.”

“If these allegations are true and he had discussions with the Russians about establishing a back channel and didn’t reveal that, that’s a real problem in terms of whether he should maintain that kind of security clearance.”

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Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, stopped short of agreeing with critics who say Kushner's security clearance should be revoked.

“Well I think we need to get to the bottom of these allegations but I do think there ought to be a review of his security clearance to find out whether he was truthful, whether he was candid, if not, the there’s no way he can maintain that kind of a clearance,” Schiff said.

Reports last week said that Kushner had come under scrutiny in the FBI’s probe into Russia’s election interference for his contacts with the Russian ambassador and a Russian banking executive during the transition period.

A Friday report from The Washington Post said that Kushner sought to establish private communications channel with Russia during the transition.