May 27, 2017

'This is serious': Jared Kushner reportedly tried to set up a secret Trump-Russia back channel

Source: Business Insider

"GOOD GRIEF. This is serious," said Bob Deitz, a veteran of the NSA and the CIA who worked under the Clinton and Bush administrations.

"This raises a bunch of problematic issues. First, of course, is the Logan Act, which prohibits private individuals conducting negotiations on behalf of the US government with foreign governments," Deitz said. "Second, it tends to reinforce the notion that Trump's various actions about [fired FBI Director James] Comey do constitute obstruction."

"In other words, there is now motive added to conduct," Deitz noted. "This is a big problem for the President."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-wanted-secret-talks-russia-trump-2017-5

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Just can't wrap my head around this...Just imagine if this was any other President, either party. Today's GOP is willing to look the other way in the face of outright treason.