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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Wed May 23, 2018, 03:00 PM May 2018

Disgraceful : Kushner's security clearance restored, met with Mueller team a second time

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/23/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance/index.html

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 was stripped of his interim clearance in February amid an overhaul of procedures governing access to the nation's most sensitive secrets following the resignation of Rob Porter, the President's staff secretary, who had been allowed to remain in his post for months despite allegations of spouse abuse.
The Mueller probe has also hung over Kushner's status in the White House, in part because some of the matters under investigation relate to his role during the campaign and the transition, including contacts with Russians, as well as events that occurred in the early months of the Trump presidency, such as the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
What you need to know about Jared Kushner

In April, Kushner met with Mueller's investigators for a second time and answered questions for seven hours, according to his attorney, Abbe Lowell. He had previously sat for an interview last November that was largely focused on former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who soon after pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements to the FBI.
White House officials have blamed the delay in Kushner receiving his security clearance on administrative backlogs normal to a new administration, as well as the complicated nature of his application. 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.
Kushner's initial SF-86 form did not mention any foreign contacts, though he quickly supplemented it to indicate that he would provide that information. He updated the form in the spring, listing about 100 contacts, but did not mention the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting he attended with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Donald Trump Jr., and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Kushner updated the SF-86 forms once more in June to include that meeting.

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HOW THE ACTUAL f......THIS IS BEYOND DISGRACEFUL.
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Disgraceful : Kushner's security clearance restored, met with Mueller team a second time (Original Post) sunonmars May 2018 OP
As much as we disagree with kushners SC - this does not mean he cannot have a asiliveandbreathe May 2018 #1
Cannot believe the FBI cleared him. triron May 2018 #2
Reached a deal with Mueller to spy on his father in law ProudLib72 May 2018 #3
Letting the fish run with the line, perhaps. Lars39 May 2018 #4
Maybe Trump just gave him full clearance on orders sunonmars May 2018 #5

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
1. As much as we disagree with kushners SC - this does not mean he cannot have a
Wed May 23, 2018, 03:05 PM
May 2018

subpoena issued -IF he has been found to be suspect..then Mueller will have at it...

As mom would say, don't believe anything you hear, and only 1/2 of what you see - trust but verify..just like the earlier thread regarding the Mueller Investigation POLL - from National Research Inc...

Adam Geller is the founder and CEO of the Republican polling firm, National Research Inc.

As one of the pollsters for the Donald J. Trump for President campaign, Adam’s responsibilities included all polling and strategic recommendations for the key Rust Belt states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa – the states that, along with Pennsylvania, completely shattered the “Blue Wall” for Democrats and delivered President Trump’s victory.

This was an online survey...

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