Social media lights up as Jared Kushner allegation emerges: 'Today in unsurprising news'

Social media lit up Thursday following bombshell revelations that Jared Kushner’s name surfaced in a confidential intelligence intercept at the center of a whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

A whistleblower alleged that Gabbard improperly restricted the distribution of a highly classified report about an intercepted conversation concerning Iran in which Kushner was mentioned, the Wall Street Journal reported. The intercept reportedly captured two foreign individuals discussing Kushner, with “significant” but unverified allegations raised about him.

Gabbard kept the report locked down inside her office and delayed sharing it widely within the intelligence community and with Congress for about eight months, according to the report.

Kushner is President Donald Trump’s son‑in‑law and served informal but influential policy and diplomacy roles in Trump’s first term.

The nationality of the two foreign speakers wasn't immediately known, not were the exact content of their claims about Kushner.

The revelations led to immediate reaction on social media.

Writer and lawyer Amee Vanderpool wrote on X, "The whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard concerns a conversation last Spring between two foreign nationals who were smack-talking Jared Kushner. The problem is that everyone knows the smack-talk is true, but the proof of that is classified."

Political commentator Karly Kingsley wrote on X, "WSJ is reporting that the highly classified whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner. Release the Gabbard/Kushner file."

Jesse Lee, who formerly did economic communications for President Joe Biden, wrote on X, "Trump’s corrupt son-in-law is a walking national security crisis."

Substack author Insanul Ahmed wrote on X, "Crazy how Kushner been selling state secrets since the first Trump admin and aint a damn thing been done about it."

Janice Hough, a self-described supporter of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), wrote on X, "So per NY Times AND WSJ, the whistleblower's classified intelligence report allegedly buried by Tulsi Gabbard involved Jared Kushner... 'I'm shocked' said nobody."

Adam Taylor of The Washington Post wrote on X, "Today in unsurprising news."