Jarrett has a lot of influence on both Barack and Michelle and has ever since they first met.
When Obama was first elected, I was doing a search on Jarrett. Her ex-father-in-law,(she and her husband had grown up together in the same neighborhood) was a communist and associated with Obama's mentor, Frank Davis. I don't know what her religion is (probably athiest) but she was born in Iran.
Too many coincidences with that relationship.