Secret Service prevents CBS reporter from asking Jared Kushner questions about Saudi journalist

The Secret Service announced an incident in which an agent prevented CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett from trying to interrogate the White House advisor and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on the issue. disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

In a video of the incident that Barnett posted on Twitter, the secret service agent told him, "I do not care what you are, there is a time and a place." Barnett was identified as a journalist at CBS News and posted his references to the White House. The secret services said in a statement that they were aware of the video but that "no further comment will be made" until the investigation is completed. The video, which was taken on a Washington DC flight to New York, has now been retweeted thousands of times.

Barnett told "CBS This Morning" that Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump were the last to board the flight with the secret services. Barnett said that he had tried to ask Kushner questions about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman after they arrived in New York.

"I waited for everyone in front of me to be unloaded and, as I approached Jared Kushner and the secret service line-up, I pulled out my camera, I had my CBS press card, as well as my White House press card that, as you all know, the secret services are looking at it.So, if the secret services see it, they know that you are legit … the camera was spinning and the Secret Service agent had some sort of interference, he got his hands on my phone, on the camera, "said Barnett.

The reason why Kushner is particularly interested in Khashoggi's disappearance is that he played a key role in establishing a relationship with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and the massive sale of arms to the kingdom. Trump does not want to end the deal, saying it would hurt US manufacturers.

"He was behind this $ 110 billion arms deal that the president is reluctant to denounce because of questions about what happened to Jamal Khashoggi." The question I was getting ready to ask was, "What do you do? you know about Saudi denial and the White House? Jared Kushner, National Security Advisor John Bolton, spoke to the Crown Prince last week, "said Barnett.

"The important thing is when and where to ask a question to Jared Kushner, he is not available and there are still many questions to ask," Barnett said. "But these questions persist.There is an open invitation to talk to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump about this incident and what they think the US should do next."

On Wednesday morning, the secret services had not yet contacted Barnett about this incident.