Some Trump Lawyers Wanted Kushner Out

[DesertRat]

Source: Wall Street Journal

Some of President Donald Trumps lawyers earlier this summer concluded that Jared Kushner should step down as senior White House adviser because of possible legal complications related to a probe of Russias involvement in the 2016 presidential election and aired concerns about him to the president, people familiar with the matter said.

Among their concerns was that Mr. Kushner was the adviser closest to the president who had the most dealings with Russian officials and businesspeople during the campaign and transition, some of which are currently being examined by federal investigators and congressional oversight panels. Mr. Kushner, Mr. Trumps son-in-law and confidant, has said he had four such meetings or interactions.

Another issue was Mr. Kushners initial omission of any contacts with foreign officials from the form required to obtain a security clearance. He later updated the form several times to include what he has said were more than 100 contacts with foreign officials.

The presidents lawyers were not united in the view that Mr. Kushner should step down.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/some-trump-lawyers-wanted-kushner-out-1505175772

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[Lindsay]

1. Who'da thunk

I'd agree with Trump's lawyers on anything.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Trumpians falling like dominoes AND he's finding it hard to attract staff to the WH & Executive. .nt

[Eugene]

3. "The presidents lawyers were not united in the view that Mr. Kushner should step down."

Therefore the Orange One will not fire Jared. It is not settled that he must go.

[canetoad]

4. How ever will the country manage

Without Jared Everywhere?

[SergeStorms]

5. Not to mention....

Ivanka entering the Oval Office (when ever she wants, apparently), sitting on "Daddy's" lap and whispering in his ear that she'd be so grateful if he kept Jared on, because he's never had a real job, and gets bored so easily.

Now, who do you think Donnie-Dim-Wit is going to listen to, his lawyers, or daughter dearest?

[rickford66]

6. Just being heavily in debt is enough to lose a security clearance.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Lawyers were worried about Kushner/Trump Jr Russian meeting before it was publicly known about

From the WSJ:

Trump attorneys were also aware of a meeting that hadn’t yet been made public: one at Trump Tower in June 2016 that involved a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin, Mr. Kushner and the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., according to people familiar with the matter.

That meeting became public on July 8. It was organized by Donald Trump Jr. In a series of evolving statements, the younger Mr. Trump initially said the meeting had covered foreign adoptions. He later released emails showing that, before agreeing to the meeting, he had been promised damaging information about Mrs. Clinton, collected as part of a Russian effort to boost his father’s campaign.

Anticipating that the meeting would become public, members of the legal team in June already had developed talking points to manage the political fallout—including a statement that would explain a potential Kushner resignation. The statement on behalf of Mr. Kushner expressed regret that the political environment had become so toxic that what he viewed as a standard meeting was becoming a weapon for Mr. Trump’s critics, according to two people familiar with the documents.

Wonkette points out, in its own special way:

Hold up! Did they say JUNE? Trump’s lawyers told him in June that Kushner and DJ were in deep shit because they’d had that meeting with all the Russians at Trump Tower to discuss bouncy Russian babies, OR financial sanctions against Putin and his merry band of thieving oligarchs, OR compromising information on Hillary Clinton stolen by Russian hackers depending on how hard you’re squeezing Don Jr.’s nuts when you ask him about it?

UHHHHH…..

So Donald Trump was telling a big fat fucking lie on July 8 when he drafted Don Jr.’s statement that the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower had been entirely unrelated to the campaign? And even if DJ didn’t tell his father about the meeting at the time (HAHAHA), the president knew exactly how bad it was in June, weeks before he lied about it to the press?
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All the lawyers in Trumpworld are now in crazy spin mode. The WSJ article has three different versions of the story of what Donald Trump knew about Kushner’s Russia problem and when he knew it.
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