How Kushner’s Security Clearance Form Led To The Russian Meeting Bombshell

Talking Points Memo ^ | 7/12/2017 | Allegra Kirkland

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Donald Trump, Jr. is taking a lot of heat for the bombshell story about his meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer who promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to help his father’s campaign. But another person present at that meeting was who ultimately set in motion the events that led to its public disclosure: Trump Jr.’s brother-in-law, White House adviser Jared Kushner.

The June 2016 sit-down with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was first brought to government officials’ attention when it was listed among the foreign contacts on Kushner’s amended application for a top-level security clearance, according to the New York Times. Kushner had initially omitted all of his meetings with foreign nationals from his SF-86, the questionnaire all applicants for national security clearances must fill out.

[MarvinStinson]

[webheart]

Interesting graphic. The placement of the words makes it look like he has a milk moustache. Coincidence? I think not.

[Freedom56v2]

Is this the real Time Cover for this week’s print magazine?

[The Numbers]

“Is President Trump being visciously attacked via disinformation agents planted in the MSM as part of a contemporary version of Operation Mockingbird?”

Maybe not just the MSM. So Kushner’s lawyers prematurely submit his SF86 form without this meeting on, and then resubmit later with it added having reviewed all Kushner’s documents. This was kinda messily done and only served to call attention to the change.

Who’s leading the Kushner legal team? A lawyer called Jamie Gorelick, who just happens to be a former Clinton deputy AG (and we well know the kind of loyalty the Clinton’s expect in their AG picks). She also just happens to be a very recent colleague of a certain Robert Mueller at the law firm Wilmer Hale, right up until he was called away for his ‘investigation’.

Maybe she deliberately ‘mishandled’ the submission of his SF86 to put media attention onto the story. Oh, and she would have had plenty of access to the email chain that mysteriously made its way to the NYT.

Worth paying very close attention to the legal ‘advice’ she is giving Kushner.

[MarvinStinson]

Jamie Gorelick is death.

Why are the Trumps too stupid to know that?

[M Kehoe]

Ya know what’s funny? All of these, “bombshell” articles never mention the federal statute(s) that have been violated.

5.56mm

[Jaded]

Just when you think this couldn’t be a bigger cf.... it is. When are the Clintons, Comey, Lynch, et al going to be prosecuted?

[Nifster]

The Russian lawyer is deeply tied to Clinton

Headline is stupid. There ain’t no bombshell (ain’t your fault I know)

[mac_truck]

Kushners reporter says US has known she was a spy for some time.

Who is Kushner's reporter?

[RummyChick]

I take everything he says with a grain of salt. Still dont understand why the observer hires a guy trying to take down kushner

John schindler

[mac_truck]

John Schindler

Lol..i was afraid you'd say that.

[UCANSEE2]

Here is the democrat/media view of the so called 'russian meeting'.

Here is the reality of the incident.

[wideminded]

” Bombshell” is the most overused and exaggerated word of 2017.

A lot of "bombshell" headlines have been posted here going back many years. Usually a good way to tell that whatever is reported in the article will end up not being a bombshell.