WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Senate Democrats are calling on the White House to review and possibly revoke Jared Kushner’s security clearance.
They are pointing to the revelation of a meeting with Russian contacts during President Donald Trump’s campaign.
Kushner is a senior adviser to Trump and his son-in-law. Along with other Trump officials, he attended a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lobbyist who indicated she had damaging information about Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Kushner disclosed the meeting on his security clearance paperwork, but Democrats have questioned how much he disclosed.
Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Al Franken of Minnesota and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii say in a letter to the White House that given the meeting, Kushner’s top access “may pose a danger to this country.”
The status of Kushner’s clearance probably doesn’t matter. Hopefully the IC has been feeding him disinformation for months.
But if they do that, how will Wonder Kush solve the Mid-east conflict, enriching the rich, and curing male pattern baldness?
If the letter doesn’t come from a Republican, then the WH can ignore it, right? Isn’t that the way it works for all agencies?