Secret Service Responds to Incident Involving CBS Reporter

The Secret Service said Wednesday that an agent who blocked a reporter attempting to question senior White House adviser Jared Kushner was reacting to "an abrupt movement."

"The actions of the special agent in this incident were in no way intended to impede those rights or the media’s access to a Secret Service protectee," the Secret Service said in a statement.

"The actions were taken solely in response to an abrupt movement by an unknown individual who later identified themselves as a member of the media," the agency added.

According to The Hill, the Secret Service reviewed the Tuesday incident in which CBS News reporter Errol Barnett attempted to ask Kushner for comment on the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Kushner deplaned from a flight from Washington, D.C., to New York City.

Barnett posted video of the exchange, in which he identified himself as a reporter for CBS and asked for comment. A Secret Service agent accompanying Kushner then blocked Barnett's camera.

When Barnett showed his White House press credentials, the agent responded "I don't give a damn who you are. There's a time and a place."