Posted on 05/25/2017 4:03:43 PM PDT by mandaladon
Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, has come under FBI scrutiny in the Russia investigation, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News.
Investigators believe Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials said. That does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him.
The FBI's scrutiny of Kushner places the bureau's sprawling counterintelligence and criminal investigation not only on the doorstep of the White House, but in the Trump family circle. The Washington Post first reported last week that a senior White House official close to Trump was a "person of interest," but did not name the person. The term "person of interest" has no legal meaning.
The officials said Kushner is in a different category from former Trump aides Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, who are formally considered subjects of the investigation. Records of both Manafort and Flynn have been demanded by grand jury subpoenas, NBC News has reported.
It is not known whether Kushner has received any records requests from federal investigators.
Also unclear is what precisely about Kushner's activities has drawn the FBI's interest as it investigates whether Trump associates coordinated with the Russian campaign to interfere in the election. Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is now leading the probe as a special counsel.
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The FBI is totally corrupt.
I thought the “Russia Probe” investigation was passed from the FBI to Mueller.
Yes, they do but this does not surprise me. Kushner does not sit well with many who voted for Trump.
Well, I did hear on the Tom Sullivan show (I think Greg Palkot was sitting in) that there is no statute in place for “collusion” so if it’s not a crime, what the hell is being investigated? Quick, write a new law making that illegal. Nope!
WTF kind of contacts would Kushner have? This is all BS!
Jared’s Father is a Felon, get his ass out of the White House before he brings scandal.
Has anyone mentioned hillary bill and podesta russian scandle?
The FBI never worked this hard in the last 8 years as they have in the last 8 weeks trying to sabotage Trump. Did the FBI even ONCE ever suspect Obama of ANYTHING? I was really naive to think once Jan 20, 2017 came the FBI would start working for Trump and turn on the evil swamp dwellers that work within the department. I wonder what percentage of the FBI is corrupt, is it closer to 80% corrupt? I was thinking they’d start trusting in Trump but I was thinking the FBI was maybe only 30% corrupt.
Riiiiggghhhtttt....
Without names, it's just more fake news.
My sentiments exactly. ALL BS. These AFGE career types are scared and are making things up.
“have been demanded by grand jury subpoenas, NBC News has reported.”
What grand jury, who convened it, and where?
What are the charges?
5.56mm
What connections could the scion of a Jewish crime family worth billions possibly have?
That’s a real question?
Story by CIA asset Ken Dilanian.
they aint digging they inventing shit.
Kushner strikes me as someone who knows how to network and move things around. Some of these people may not like to have him networking for info.
Old news. Already declared “person of interest.” They just keep repackaging this stuff to keep it on the radar.
That is what this is all about.
Switch attention away from investigating the Clintons, obama, Jarrett etc
DOJ Order 2256-99 - September 9, 1999
When Comey named Fitzgerald to looking into "who leaked 'Plame works at the CIA'" he eventually expanded Fizgerald's power to be commensurate with the AG, and beyond the limits of jurisdiction defined in DOJ rules at 28 CFR 600. I'd have to look up the initial grant, but leaking of NOC cover is a crime, and that was the gist of the allegation.
Rosentein's grant to Mueller is the third time in history this regulation has been invoked. It specifies no criminal offense.
The NBC article is weird, typical. What activities comprise the "Russia campaign to influence the election"?
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