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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:03 PM Jul 2017

Kushner adds 'more than 100 names' of foreign contacts he initially left out of required forms: repo

Source: RawStory

BRAD REED
13 JUL 2017 AT 10:19 ET

Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was required to disclose any contacts he had with foreign nationals as a precondition for getting a White House security clearance — but his initial disclosure reportedly omitted more than 100 different contacts.

In a New York Times report about the Trump family’s latest attempts to cope with the Russian scandal, sources reveal that Kushner has updated his foreign contacts disclosure list three separate times since first getting his security clearance — and has added “more than 100 names” to the list.

The list of foreign contacts must be submitted to the FBI as a prerequisite for getting a White House security clearance, and knowingly omitting foreign contacts can carry significant legal consequences. Earlier reports have revealed that Kushner failed to disclose multiple foreign contacts to the FBI before obtaining his security clearance, although the Times’ report is the first to indicate that Kushner’s omissions go into the hundreds.

Several Democratic lawmakers have been demanding that Kushner have his security clearance revoked over his multiple disclosure failures, and the Trump White House this week refused to answer questions about whether Kushner’s security clearance is still operative.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/kushner-adds-more-than-100-names-of-foreign-contacts-he-initially-left-out-of-required-forms-report/

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Kushner adds 'more than 100 names' of foreign contacts he initially left out of required forms: repo (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
So he won't be prosecuted for this?? awesomerwb1 Jul 2017 #1
Mueller could prosecute him marylandblue Jul 2017 #4
It should result in his clearance being revoked... forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #26
ABSOLUTELY. That's the FIRST SusanaMontana41 Jul 2017 #28
There needs to be a Trump wing at Gitmo dbackjon Jul 2017 #2
Gitmo needs to be closed. Don't put it there jmowreader Jul 2017 #20
The Cubans offered to run it...it would save money Alice11111 Jul 2017 #30
If the Cubans were running it and it was just for the Trumps...that might work jmowreader Jul 2017 #31
Yes, transfer all other prisoners out, & it will be Trumpsters only Alice11111 Jul 2017 #32
Yet he still has a security clearance SHRED Jul 2017 #3
Give him a break. He's new at this, and learning "on the job" left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 #5
You don't get a mulligan C_U_L8R Jul 2017 #6
Holy crap - that wasn't just an oversight or failed memory! Jared, "YOU'RE FIRED"! George II Jul 2017 #7
One. HUNDRED. Names. "Lordy, I hope there ARE tapes!" ( ...keepin the faith here...) eom Leghorn21 Jul 2017 #8
It seems like Trump & his 'family' all have a bad case of 'affluenesia'... WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #9
they think they're above the law onetexan Jul 2017 #22
Why does Kushner still have a security clearance? Botany Jul 2017 #10
They actually think these after-the-fact admissions will be their "Get Out of Jail" cards! WinkyDink Jul 2017 #11
Can you imagine the ruckus if this had been one of Hillary's people? Bayard Jul 2017 #12
Future candidates will be emboldened if these people are not held accountable chowder66 Jul 2017 #13
How the f*ck is this OK? elias7 Jul 2017 #14
Republicans just struck down a bill to revoke Jared's clearance. OliverQ Jul 2017 #15
Obviously an innocent rounding error dalton99a Jul 2017 #16
THREE revisions adding 100 names!? RussBLib Jul 2017 #17
He is new to this, he thought "foreign" meant non-terrestrial. Thor_MN Jul 2017 #18
Most. corrupt. administration. ever. n/t area51 Jul 2017 #19
how many DID he list? SethH Jul 2017 #21
And half of them were in the room. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #23
Maybe he's hoping to swamp investigators with contacts they have told follow up. Nitram Jul 2017 #24
I guess the wife isn't _always_ the last person to know hubbies secret life. Sunlei Jul 2017 #25
If Igor Korobov or Alexander Bortnikov show up on his list, hang the bastard jmowreader Jul 2017 #27
added 100 but bluestarone Jul 2017 #29

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
4. Mueller could prosecute him
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:10 PM
Jul 2017

Especially since it seems to be part of a coverup. We now have multiple Trump campaign officials all "forgetting" to list multiple foreign contacts. That can only happen if they agreed in advance to do that.

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
20. Gitmo needs to be closed. Don't put it there
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 12:59 PM
Jul 2017

Exiling them to an island in the Pacific is the only solution.

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
31. If the Cubans were running it and it was just for the Trumps...that might work
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 05:01 PM
Jul 2017

But before we turn it over, we need to make sure the waterboarding bed, bastinado platform, thumbscrews, 220-volt nipple rings, rack, wheel, iron maiden, gallows, guillotine and, of course, the library filled with nothing but books praising President Obama are all present and in good working order.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
9. It seems like Trump & his 'family' all have a bad case of 'affluenesia'...
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:32 PM
Jul 2017

They, rather conveniently, forget a whole lot of things they know are illegal or look really awful assuming that their connections, money and/or position will make it all okay.

Bayard

(22,062 posts)
12. Can you imagine the ruckus if this had been one of Hillary's people?
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:39 PM
Jul 2017

They would not only have lost their clearance the first time they lied, they would be in jail.

chowder66

(9,067 posts)
13. Future candidates will be emboldened if these people are not held accountable
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 01:02 PM
Jul 2017

and I'm not talking about security clearances being stripped or penalties and recusals. There should be the full force of law coming down on their heads to show others that you can NOT flaunt the laws and/or rules and expect the citizens of the United States to stand by and accept this.

elias7

(3,997 posts)
14. How the f*ck is this OK?
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 01:48 PM
Jul 2017

Immediate security clearance suspension, since he obviously has not been cleared. This is so criminal.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
15. Republicans just struck down a bill to revoke Jared's clearance.
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 02:04 PM
Jul 2017

The majority party in our government are actual traitors who are a very serious threat to our national security, and nobody can stop that. So freakin disgusting and scary.

SethH

(170 posts)
21. how many DID he list?
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 01:29 PM
Jul 2017

did he list 800 and forget 100?

or was it more like he listed 5 and forgot 100?

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
27. If Igor Korobov or Alexander Bortnikov show up on his list, hang the bastard
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 01:59 AM
Jul 2017


Igor Korobov is the current head of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service.



Alexander Bortnikov is the current head of the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service. When the Soviet Union existed, this agency was the KGB.

If one of the President's top advisors has any involvement with Russian intelligence, this whole administration - ALL of it, including Pence - needs to be shut down now. Barack and Michelle Obama still live in Washington. Barack Obama cannot serve any more time as president, but they can remove Pence, appoint Michelle to serve in his place, then remove Trump and elevate Michelle Obama to the presidency. This will be the easiest administration in history: send her husband out to calm the world, sign budgetary documents that keep the government running at the same levels it was when Barack retired, and fund construction of a set of Vietcong-style subsurface prison cells to hold everyone in the Trump administration with the possible exception of Barron.
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