CBS News says a Secret Service agent blocked one of its correspondents from asking Jared Kushner a question when he was walking out of an airplane, saying there was a “time and a place” for such interactions.
A network spokeswoman said Wednesday that reporter Errol Barnett happened to be on the same Washington to New York flight as the presidential son-in-law. CBS said he showed a press credential and attempted to ask a question about Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
A short video posted online showed what appeared to be an agent saying, “I don’t give a damn who you are.”
The Secret Service said it was reviewing the incident and that appropriate action would be taken depending on what its investigation shows.
Jared Kushner did not answer my question and the secret service informs me, while obscuring my phone, that despite identifying as WH press, there is a “time and a place” for questions.
It is unclear when and where that is. pic.twitter.com/KRzlj3hrqw
— errol barnett (@errolbarnett) October 16, 2018
(AP)
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Let the poor guy live!!!!!
It’s OK for Deblosio not to answer a question in the gym, but Kushner always needs to answer ???????
#FAKE NEWS
Given the crazy world we live in and Kushner’s direct involvement with the Saudis, I can understand why a SS agent would not want a reporter to get in Kushner’s face. Press credentials are easy to fake. I’m certainly not a fan of the Trumpkopf and his family but in this case, the reporter should have backed off immediately when the agent intervened.
Secret Service agent was 100% correct without a doubt. This is not a question for a public place, on an airplane, full of people. The reporter was trying to make a name for himself by asking such a question in such a place.
#CorruptLamestreamMedia