Kushner And Crown Prince Are So Close They Text On WhatsApp

White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Right: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with Lebano... White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Right: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with Lebanon's Christian Maronite patriarch on November 14, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photos by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images; Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner raised red flags among national security staffers early on in his time in the administration over his close relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, including their use of private communication channels to talk, like WhatsApp, CNN reported.

Kushner mitigated the concerns by providing staffers with readouts of their conversations afterward.

The pair’s close ties has come under scrutiny in recent days as the Trump administration grapples with how to respond to the disappearance — and the alleged murder — of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. Kushner has been attempting to defuse the situation behind-the-scenes, but is avoiding the spotlight to let Secretary of State Mike Pompeo publicly handle the crisis.

Read CNN’s full report here.

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  1. It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.

  2. Do they use the poop emoji? Eggplant? C’mon, CNN, spill the beans!!

  3. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

    White House senior adviser Jared Kushner raised red flags among national security staffers

    How in blazes does this man still have a security clearance? Using unsecured, hackable social media for diplomatic communications? If his dotard-in-law wasn’t the POTUS, his ass would be in Leavenworth.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    :man: :scream: :horse: :gun: :poop: ,

    many sources are saying

  5. I wonder if they discussed where the bodies are hidden?

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