House Democrats want Kushner's security clearance suspended

[babylonsister]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/jared-kushner-security-clearance-revoke-democrats-237177?cmpid=sf

House Democrats want Kushner's security clearance suspended
By Kyle Cheney
04/13/17 11:00 AM EDT



A handful of House Democrats are calling on federal authorities to suspend Jared Kushner’s security clearance amid a wide-ranging probe into Trump associates' contacts with Russian officials.

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser failed to disclose numerous foreign contacts when he applied for top secret clearance, including at least two meetings with high-profile Russians during Trump's transition to the White House, according to a New York Times report cited by the lawmakers. It is, they noted, a felony to intentionally conceal such meetings on a national security form.

"Mr. Kushner’s lack of candor about meetings with Russian officials appears to be part of a larger pattern of dissembling and deception on Russian contacts from the Trump team, and we believe the public deserves the truth about what connection, if any, exists between these incidents," five House Democrats said in a statement accompanying the missive.

The letter, led by Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), is an attempt to keep public attention on Trump’s ties to Russia, despite a week in which tension between the president and Russian leaders flared over a U.S. military strike in Syria. Democratic Reps. Ted Lieu of California, Jerrold Nadler of New York, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Peter

Lawmakers said in their statement that the article "did not receive the scrutiny it deserved." The story broke just hours after the military launched 59 missiles at a Syrian air base, which dominated the news in Washington over the weekend.

The Times reported that Kushner left out dozens of foreign contacts from his national security form, but two stood out: a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and a meeting with Sergey Gorkov, an FSB-trained leader of a bank subject to U.S. sanctions.

In the report, Kushner's lawyer indicated that the omissions were inadvertent and that Kushner would provide additional details to the FBI.

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[Sculpin Beauregard]

1. This is a good thing. It's fucking

outrageous that this unelected scumbag is anywhere near the WH, let alone has a fucking security clearance.

Honest to god, I do not understand why there hasn't been a massive march on Washington over this unprecedented corruption. Unbelievable.

[procon]

2. IOKIYAR - same as always.

If this was a Democrat the story would be headline news and Republicans would be queued up in long lines waiting for their turn at the mic to wail about his wanton criminal behavior. Now... not so much.

[Kentonio]

3. Inadvertent!?

Since when was 'sorry, I forgot' an reasonable excuse for commiting a crime?