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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russia-probe-reaches-current-white-house-official-people-familiar-with-the-case-say/2017/05/19/7685adba-3c99-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.b68f5fce5965The senior White House adviser under scrutiny by investigators is someone close to the president, according to these people, who would not further identify the official.
The revelation comes as the investigation also appears to be entering a more overtly active phase, with investigators shifting from work that has remained largely hidden from the public to conducting interviews and using a grand jury to issue subpoenas. The intensity of the probe is expected to accelerate in the coming weeks, the people said.
HAB911
(8,922 posts)madaboutharry
(40,238 posts)"Leak, leak, leak like a sieve!"
wiggs
(7,820 posts)I'm sure these outlets are well aware that there could be fake 'rather' stories and documents released...they have to be super careful...many, many ways to make legitimate stories and investigations go away.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)thecrow
(5,519 posts)Maybe they are taking a side trip to visit Uncle Vlad....
George II
(67,782 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Maybe there's room in the Ecuadorian embassy.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)I would LOVE for it to be that snowy haired motherfucker. . . .
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Link to tweet
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)RandySF
(59,480 posts)Sounds like he was the loudest advocate for firing Comey.
ffr
(22,674 posts)He could easily be a player in this too.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)Though Kushner may have facilitated contacts and deals. But there were Carter Page, Manafort, Stone, and several others who could easily have done that. Including Flynn.
ffr
(22,674 posts)dchill
(38,571 posts)It rhymes with "Bared Tushner."
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)You get one out the closet & the rest come piling out.
triron
(22,027 posts)frogmarch
(12,160 posts)"they turn in clusters, because their roots connect them." (Scooter Libby)
Bones, aspen trees...both are good analogies.
http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/4837
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)The hacks, leaks, contacts and disinformation campaign was probably aided by internet presences such as Breitbart. I had someone who ran pro-Trump FaceBook pages tell me he was getting paid by someone (he claimed it was the "Trump TV" people), including for his member lists.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)perhaps involved in the cover up. In his briefings, Rosenstein refused to tell Congress who directed him to write the memo "justifying" firing Comey. He reportedly said he couldn't answer because that info was now under Mueller's purview. We know Pence was part of the group that met with Trump when the decision to fire Comey was made.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)SunSeeker
(51,755 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)Wikipedia:
As a result of his convictions, Kushner was disbarred from practicing law in New Jersey,[22] New York,[23] and Pennsylvania.[24]
SunSeeker
(51,755 posts)jovibennett
(120 posts)to avoid doing time if it comes to that? But he has the money to hire the best lawyers so prison might not even happen if he didn't cut a deal
SunSeeker
(51,755 posts)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner
flamingdem
(39,333 posts)and Ivanka for that matter
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,331 posts)Samantha
(9,314 posts)and I believe this statement he made was not helpful.
Sam