(CNN) President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, had his White House security clearance restored Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter said, after months of uncertainty stemming in part from his role in the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. Kushner met with Mueller's investigators a second time in April and answered questions for seven hours, according to his attorney, Abbe Lowell. But Kushner's troubles were compounded at least in part because his initial security clearance application didn't list dozens of foreign contacts that he later included in updated submissions to the FBI. Lowell disputed that the initial security clearance application played any role in the delay in Kushner receiving his final clearance. "Throughout the process, Mr. Kushner has continued to work on a number of foreign policy and domestic issues with no interruption.

Source: CNN May 23, 2018 18:16 UTC