Grassley (repub) and Feinstein (Dem) unite to go after Kushner's security clearance.

[dixiegrrrrl]

They are the chairs of the Senate Judiciary Comm, one of several Congress. office investigating Trump et al.
I am including the link to the letter, it is 3 pages, all at the one link, of delightful reading(seriously).

They clearly ask Trump for the proof he used to ok the clearance, they ask it for each legal point of law requitred to grant a clerance and point out Kushner's paperwork is still not complete.
( turning the screws, I ike it)

the pressure on 44.5 is increasing from a drip drip drip to a trickle.

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-06-22%20CG%20DF%20LG%20SW%20to%20White%20House%20FBI%20(Kushner%20Clearance).pdf

[appal_jack]

1. Now, this is a 'reaching across the aisle' I can support. k&r, nt

[SusanaMontana41]

29. 45 is starting to lose

Republicans. They're about to find out just how much Trumpf HATES them.

First he came for the immigrants and they did not speak up ...

Then he came for the Republicans, and nobody was left to speak for them.

[LOL Lib]

2. Can't open the link on iPhone. :(

[northoftheborder]

3. Locked link

(on computer)

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. try this:

copy and paste into browser address window, instead of direct click.

Here is Tinyurl version of that long link.

http://tinyurl.com/y9nwedem

[gristy]

4. I got to the doc no problem

I copied and pasted the link into by browser - no problem.

[livetohike]

5. Jared's father is a felon. That alone should be a cause

to exclude him. Family business and all.

[pnwmom]

6. No. Jared is not responsible for his father's crimes. Do you realize how young he was then? nt

[SaschaHM]

9. Not to mention the complete disregard for what the felony was.

Not all felonies are equal and in a country that loves to overcharge and over sentence, painting with a broad brush when it comes to crimes is wrong.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Certainly he copied his father-in-law's footsteps.

they have extreme similarities to each other, and as we know now, Kushner is deeply in debt because of that overly expensive building he bought ( 666 something)
exactly same situation as Trump in the 1980's.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

27. I don't know, he was pretty evil when he was young.

[SusanaMontana41]

30. I thought he looked familiar!

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Nice!

Lindsey Graham and Sheldon Whitehouse of the Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee also signed it. Dump said he wished for bipartisanship; here ya go, Mr. Dump!

[blue-wave]

19. LOL!

This is the type of Bipartisanship I like too!! Ooops! Did I just agree with Mr. Dump?

[blue-wave]

8. Great News!

[Scarsdale]

10. Being related

to the big orange mistake should be enough grounds for refusal of security clearance. Jared has his own Russian collusion to deal with. What qualifies him to be in on brokering peace ANYWHERE? Being married to frozn faced, cosmetically altered Ivanka?

[DFW]

11. In tune with Grassley's general approach to things

He makes other people's lives miserable. In this case, a Republican president's son-in-law wandered into the crossfire, albeit, being fully aware of what he was doing, though not at all aware of what he should have done before starting.

[George II]

12. I won't be happy until the drip drip drip becomes this:

[Control-Z]

14. Lovely gif!

And sentiment, too.

Altogether it's quite mesmerising.

Hope you've had a pleasant weekend, George II.

[bora13]

13. tinkle, tinkle, little czar

at first you got a shower, now you just drip, drip, drip.

[rurallib]

16. Maybe I am too cynical, but Grassley usually doesn't re-animate

until the year before an election.
Just suspicious of Grassley's motives. He has been 'party first' for well over 2 decades.

Or maybe it is so stinky even he can't stand the stench?

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Do you remember that picture of Feinstein and him after the secret meeting?

Few months back, when they and others heard top secret info. re: trump/election?
He looked pretty grim.

More importantly, perhaps...he is 83, elected to his 7th term as Senator last fall, which is for 6 years, probably realizing he has no re-election to worry about.

in this case, I am pleased with his cooperation with Feinstein.

[rurallib]

23. I sure remember the pic of Grassley and Feinstein

yet I also remember as somber as Grassley looked, nothing came of it then.

I live in his state and therefore you can imagine how low my expectations are for him -

[EllieBC]

25. Nothing came of it yet.

I don't think anyone really thinks this process will be quick. We want it to be but it's not going to happen that way.

I don't expect much to happen before Nov 2018.

[Demsrule86]

33. I disagree...I think proof of collusion is coming which is why the righties are all saying collusion

is fine...and interfering with an election is serious and you get serious time.

[Honeycombe8]

18. Some of that info requested would be in the security agency's files.

I wonder why they don't just get those parts from them, whatever agency it is. Then do a letter to the W.H. asking for the info not in the files of the security agency or agencies.

Very interesting. Could just be CYA, or routine, or it could be setting Kushner up for some future action. This forces Kushner/Trump not to respond, or lie in a response, or send an incomplete response, so the Senate is cleared in any possible future action it may take, or in case anything blows up because of his suspicious ties and past incomplete info.

Lindsay Graham signed the letter, too, and he's pretty much in Trump's corner. So that's curious.

They must really have a concern about Kushner's security issues.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. Pretty sure they have the incomplete files, which is how they know they are incomplete.

They are pointing out that Kushner has been given clearance without having completed the paperwork for it, and they are listing ever law he broke by failing to file.
their letter is addressed to the WH, not Trump specifically, very business and legal like.

also was surprised by Graham's signing, esp. as Sessions is in deep doo-doo.

[Honeycombe8]

22. +1. nt

[Amaryllis]

24. CAn they make them do it?

[bagelsforbreakfast]

26. Sing Sing to Jared - "come for a visit"... n/m

[awesomerwb1]

28. If cheeto's admin can't be forced to comply

then this is all for show.

You guys keep bringing up "grim faces"....there is nothing there. Serious face for the cameras. Did you guys not watch the hearings?

This is all for show from those reps.

[Demsrule86]

32. Actually no...but thanks for the encouraging word oh and

welcome to DU.

[awesomerwb1]

35. Actually no what?

You really think Grassley is on the side of right?? Lordy. I guess you really did miss the hearings.

Thanks for the welcome.

[Demsrule86]

31. I can't get letter either.

[bresue]

34. Thank you for posting....