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babylonsister

(171,079 posts) Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:16 PM Apr 2019

Jared Kushner says Russian collusion accusations are "nonsense"

https://www.axios.com/jared-kushner-russian-collusion-nonsense-time-100-summit-49731a6c-1d1d-47e6-b0d0-8627d99b0c1c.html

Jared Kushner says Russian collusion accusations are "nonsense"

White House adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner called the idea that the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government "nonsense" during an interview at TIME's 100 summit on Tuesday.

"You look at what Russia did, buying some Facebook ads and trying to sow dissent ... and it's a terrible thing, but I think the investigations and all of the speculation that's happened for the last two years has had a much harsher impact on our democracy than some Facebook ads."

The big picture: Kushner, who was present at the 2016 Trump Tower meeting and had numerous Russian contacts that he failed to disclose on his security clearance form, largely reiterated what he told Axios immediately after Attorney General Bill Barr's summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report was first released last month, stating that he felt vindicated by the conclusions in Mueller's report.

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Jared Kushner says Russian collusion accusations are "nonsense" (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2019 OP

Jared needs a mob name. madaboutharry Apr 2019 #1

Soninmobster. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #3

Shut up Jared! BlueJac Apr 2019 #2

Show of hands. Who thought he would say anything else? Arkansas Granny Apr 2019 #4

Jared needs to be publicly brought before the House Oversight Committee... PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #5

If we don't impeach, "buying a few Facebook ads" will become the common wisdom manor321 Apr 2019 #6

The kids are jockeying for position... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #7

Trump's biological sons are Skidmore Apr 2019 #15

Security clearance forms with unprecedented level of mistakes struggle4progress Apr 2019 #8

Kushner's security clearance was denied due to concerns of foreign influence struggle4progress Apr 2019 #9

White House tells official who gave Kushner security clearance: Don't comply with subpoena struggle4progress Apr 2019 #10

Kushner advised Saudi prince on how to 'weather' Khashoggi slaying, struggle4progress Apr 2019 #11

Kushner goes rogue in Saudi Arabia, prompting national security concerns struggle4progress Apr 2019 #12

Jared- I met with Russia to collude and they knew Jr., Trump, and I were so stupid we would blab Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #13

Smug and brazen little shit.... Docreed2003 Apr 2019 #14

madaboutharry

(40,218 posts)

1. Jared needs a mob name.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:18 PM

Apr 2019

Funtatlaguy

(10,885 posts)

3. Soninmobster.

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:19 PM

Apr 2019

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)

2. Shut up Jared!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:18 PM

Apr 2019

Arkansas Granny

(31,525 posts)

4. Show of hands. Who thought he would say anything else?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:20 PM

Apr 2019

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)

5. Jared needs to be publicly brought before the House Oversight Committee...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:21 PM

Apr 2019

Now!!!

manor321

(3,344 posts)

6. If we don't impeach, "buying a few Facebook ads" will become the common wisdom

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:23 PM

Apr 2019

If we don't pursue impeachment proceedings and get the truth out, the public will assume there must not have been much to the Mueller report.

Impeachment is the only option.

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)

7. The kids are jockeying for position...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:24 PM

Apr 2019

to be next in line. We're in Game of Thrones mode.

We're living out a reality TV version of King Lear.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

15. Trump's biological sons are

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 01:33 PM

Apr 2019

too stupid to win this one. Ivanka snagged herself someone as conniving as her dad and as backstabbing as herself.

struggle4progress

(118,331 posts)

8. Security clearance forms with unprecedented level of mistakes

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:26 PM

Apr 2019

BY JASON LE MIERE ON 10/13/17 AT 1:51 PM EDT

... “I have never seen that level of mistakes,” Charles Phalen, the director of the National Background Investigations Bureau, a division of the Office of Personnel Management, said during a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday.

Phalen was responding to a question from Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who queried whether Kushner’s 100 errors and omissions and multiple updates were unprecedented. Both Krishnamoorthi and Phelan said they had seen nothing like it ...

https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-security-clearance-form-684590

struggle4progress

(118,331 posts)

9. Kushner's security clearance was denied due to concerns of foreign influence

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:29 PM

Apr 2019

BY OWEN DAUGHERTY - 04/03/19 08:38 PM EDT

President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, was reportedly denied security clearance last year over concerns of foreign influence and private business interests, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The Post, citing people familiar with the situation, identified Kushner as the "Senior White House Official 1" identified in House Oversight Committee documents released this week.

According to the documents, the individual was denied security clearance initially by career officials before being overruled by Carl Kline, who headed the White House’s personnel security office at the time ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437292-kushners-security-clearance-was-denied-due-to-concerns-of-foreign

struggle4progress

(118,331 posts)

10. White House tells official who gave Kushner security clearance: Don't comply with subpoena

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:30 PM

Apr 2019

April 23, 2019, 10:49 AM EDT
By Laura Strickler and Peter Alexander

The White House has told Carl Kline, the former security specialist who approved Jared Kushner’s security clearance over the objections of career staffers, not to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.

Kline was supposed to appear before committee staff Tuesday to face questions related to his handling of White House security clearances ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-tells-official-who-gave-kushner-security-clearance-don-n997476

struggle4progress

(118,331 posts)

11. Kushner advised Saudi prince on how to 'weather' Khashoggi slaying,

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:32 PM

Apr 2019

William Cummings, USA TODAY
Published 11:48 a.m. ET Dec. 9, 2018
Updated 1:59 p.m. ET Dec. 9, 2018

President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been a promoter of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman since the early days of the administration and recently offered the prince advice on how to handle the outrage over the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Kushner, 37, who serves as Trump's adviser on the Middle East, has kept up informal conversations with the prince, 33, since early 2017, the Times reported, citing unnamed sources. Three former senior officials told the paper that the politically inexperienced Kushner's private chats with Mohammed could have made him "susceptible to Saudi manipulation."

Khashoggi was killed on Oct. 2 by Saudi agents at the country's consulate in Istanbul. Although the administration has played down reported evidence linking the slaying to the prince and cautioned lawmakers not to take action against Saudi Arabia in response to the killing, senators say U.S. intelligence reports clearly implicate the crown prince ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/09/jared-kushner-advised-saudi-prince-after-khashoggi-murder-report-says/2257098002/

struggle4progress

(118,331 posts)

12. Kushner goes rogue in Saudi Arabia, prompting national security concerns

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:33 PM

Apr 2019

Chris Riotta
Thursday 7 March 2019 19:50

... Donald Trump’s senior White House adviser once again abandoned government normalities during an official state trip to Saudi Arabia, reportedly discussing US-Saudi cooperation with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a meeting that lacked representation from the US Embassy in Riyadh ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jared-kushner-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-jamal-khashoggi-trump-a8812806.html

Freethinker65

(10,036 posts)

13. Jared- I met with Russia to collude and they knew Jr., Trump, and I were so stupid we would blab

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:38 PM

Apr 2019

So Russia just went ahead and did it without us personally coordinating it.

Feel better now?

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)

14. Smug and brazen little shit....

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 01:24 PM

Apr 2019

He is emboldened because he thinks he's untouchable...the question remains, is he? I hope not. This sick fucker has his hands bloodied from the outset of this administration.

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