Kushner under pressure to take hiatus from White House: report

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

Administration officials close to President Trump are reportedly pushing White House advisor Jared Kushner to take a leave of absence amidst recent reports that he is under FBI scrutiny.

The FBI is reportedly interested in Kushner as part of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the presidential election.

A Sunday report on ABC News' "This Week" said members of the Trump circle are wondering if Kushner will need to step aside.

Reports last week said Kushner, who is also Trump's son-in-law, had come under scrutiny in the FBI's Russia probe over his contacts with the Russian ambassador and a Russian banking executive.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kushner-under-pressure-to-take-hiatus-from-white-house-report/ar-BBBBxgZ?li=BBnb7Kz

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You have to wonder whether the real source of the leaks might be someone in the White House whose star has once again rose in light of the questions surrounding Kushner.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/jared-kushner-steve-bannon-white-house-civil-war

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE KUSHNER-BANNON CIVIL WAR

Bannon had been viewed as one of the two (with Kushner) most powerful members of the West Wing team, and for a time was referred to (reportedly with his own tacit encouragement) as President Bannon—a joke that isn’t a joke. He keeps a personal publicist and is the self-appointed guardian of the issues that matter to the base that got Trump elected. But, according to a senior administration official, Bannon’s effort to put himself on the National Security Council, without Trump having been fully briefed, made Ivanka and Jared suspicious of his motives. “This was honestly a dark-of-night operation,” this official told me. Similarly, the bungled implementation of the travel ban didn’t win any points for Bannon. According to a senior official close to the president: “You could have told Homeland Security to really start doing their jobs. You didn’t have to sign an executive order and piss in everyone’s face.”

[SHRED]

1. I thought he was running things?

Well...you know what I mean.

[calimary]

2. ... into the ground, he's running things.

[TomCADem]

4. Salon - Steve Bannon could be coming back to power in Donald Trumps White House

It seems like Steve Bannon is winning the latest battle in the internal Kushner/Bannon war.

http://www.salon.com/2017/05/26/steve-bannon-could-be-coming-back-to-power-in-donald-trumps-white-house/

Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart editor who is now chief strategist to President Donald Trump, may be returning to his boss’ good graces.

Nine sources with connections to Trump report to Axios that the perception of Bannon as a “wartime consigliere” have caused his stock to rise with the president as his administration continues to be dragged down by allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government. As one source told the site, “It is now very clear that there is a unified opponent and that’s ultimately the swamp, both with regard to the deep state leakers, to the partisan opponents and the people who just don’t want to give up their power. That includes the media.”

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Christopher Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax and a friend of Trump’s, told the site that Bannon’s strength is being “super savvy dealing with the media and dealing with crises.”

Bannon is expected to oversee a legal team — despite not being a lawyer himself — that is expected to include many prominent names, according to a report by the Washington Post. Trump’s longtime attorney Marc Kasowitz is expected to be a leading player on the team. Other names being rumored include Robert Giuffra, Theodore Olson and Reid Weingarten.

[angstlessk]

3. They want us to look just like russia..no bread or meat on store shelves...but ...

...the leader has more money than god!

[iluvtennis]

19. Exactly.

[Corgigal]

30. This is the part I don't understand about

they average American voter. Do they even think about this? Have they spent half an hour research on how the average Russian lives? I'm not talking about watching the Americans TV show, I'm talking reality.

They must do some very short term thinking, if they do any at all.

[MedusaX]

5. Mercers are not happy with Jared. Bannon does Mercers bidding in WH. Bannon wants to save his Gravy

Train... which is Mercer funded...,

Even Bannon is smart enough to know better than to bite the hand that feeds him...

So time for Bannon to piss on jared...
then
dig a hole & bury him like an old bone, if possible.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Revoke Kushner & Ivanka's security clearance during the hiatus. . . . nt

[EL34x4]

9. Trump's most diehard supporters hope so.

Among the people who put Trump in the White House, you'll find few fans of "Prince Jared" and "Princess Ivanka" as they are referred to condescendingly by many on the right, believing they are a liberal influence. These people want to see less Jared Kushner and more Steve Bannon and would be perfectly happy at whatever misfortune befalls Kushner that would make this happen.

[sharedvalues]

7. DHS job is to protect America, not criminalize productive American residents

We need immigration to help our economy.

It is ludicrous that we have spent decades tolerating immigrants, who represent core American values, and now that they are here and working or going to school we are criminalizing them.

ICE agents should stand down.

[not fooled]

8. Yep

I suspect Scrofulous Steve as the source of damaging info on Jarhead.

Remember, this is "Game of Thrones for Morons" (per Foreign Policy magazine )

[NastyRiffraff]

22. "Game of Thrones for Morons"!

I love it!

[spooky3]

10. "I'm leaving to spend LESS time with my family." n/t

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Bannon's Trump's useful idiot

Ultimately Bannon will not and cannot win if it comes down to a choice between family (Jared/Ivanka) and him for Trump. However, at the moment Bannon can provide what Trump needs more than anything - adulation from his base.

Bannon heading up Trump's legal defense team is laughable. The lawyers will be put in a position to go on record with lies and ridiculous arguments. The lawyers will want Trump to shut up, but Bannon will push Trump to keep speaking out and tweeting. It's not likely to end well.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. tRump is Putin-Bannon's useful idiot. . . . nt

[DeminPennswoods]

23. They're all using each other, I suppose

but Trump has no loyalty to Bannon. Right now Bannon has a plan to help Trump get the adulation he craves. When Bannon can't do that anymore or the plan turns out badly, Trump will dump Bannon like yesterday's trash.

[Demtexan]

27. His daughter/wife will win over Bannon.

If Jared goes she goes.
Watch them throw Bannon under the bus.
Then Bannon will rat them out.

[perdita9]

12. LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!

Oh wait, as a wealthy white man of privilege, Kushner has constitutional protections. My bad.

[Thor_MN]

14. If what they are saying is true, it will be a permanent hiatus.

A 5 year sentence for espionage will outlast Trump's term. Hell, I hoping a 1 year sentence will outlast Trump's inadequacy.

[safeinOhio]

15. What a fricking

Soap opera.

I do miss 44.

[argyl]

16. Is Tiffany married? Hey, it could happen.

[onecent]

17. I don't see how Ivanka and Jared could just "take a hiatus"....That Mueller isn't going to let him

go ANYWHERE until he gets the low down.....Isn't that right????

[bora13]

18. why not drain the swamp?

just have everyone but save maybe a few loyal to US
step outside onto the lawn and problem solved.

[left-of-center2012]

20. He can't leave !

He's going to solve the Israeli - Palestinian thingy.

[ClusterFreak]

21. Might wanna make him surrender his passport first. n/t

[Demtexan]

28. I have a bet somebody will run from the white house.

The hounds are getting close.

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Trump has a private jet, remember.

anybody can get on it and fly anywhere, and I seriously doubt that they would land in a place there is a person to check their passport.

[Honeycombe8]

24. Not gonna happen. He's family, and Trump can't function w/o him. nt

[crosinski]

25. Ok, is Kushner under investigation, or is it a rumor, or is it a rumor of a rumor?

Because, I've lost count. I really have.

[Me.]

26. Will We Now See The Real Ivanka Come Out

Knife drawn?

[EarthFirst]

29. ::thump; thump:: nt