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.

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Veselnitskaya was working for Fusion GPS doing opposition research for Democrats as part of their op played against the Trump campaign. She was not working for the Russian government.

[Socon-Econ]

It’s a “bombshell” only in the minds of Trump opponents and easily frightened Republicans.

[stylin19a]

that first sentence is pretty busy...

[MarvinStinson]

Talking Points Memo is SOROS.

[RckyRaCoCo]

bombshell = nothing burger

[yoe]

(Obama-Lynch)

They leaned on their friend at the FBI

(Comey)

Muler has to resign if he has any integrity at all....

[MarvinStinson]

Allegra Kirkland is a New York-based reporter for Talking Points Memo. She previously worked on The Nation’s web team and as the associate managing editor for AlterNet.

[Cboldt]

-- that first sentence is pretty busy... --

Could have been busier, and included global warming and other articles of faith.

[Sasparilla]

” Bombshell” is the most overused and exaggerated word of 2017.
It is also the fallback word in the democrat playbook.

[McGruff]

Bombshell, what Bombshell. Just more Russia, Russia, Russia delusion.

[Bringbackthedraft]

I was living with Russians, when my TS clearance was being processed. I listed it on the form, and they told me they were interviewed by the FBI(?). I guess I’m fortunate not to have run for president, as a Republican, as a Democrat, well it would not be a problem. Yee old Double Standard would apply. I don’t see what the problem is, if FDR had a cabinet full of Russian (USSR) sympathizers, now its a problem with RF reps talking to our officials? Soo much hidden history during the 30-40’s involving “collusion”, would make one’s brains explode, you won’t get it in the Lib College cabal.

[Theoria]

Sf 86 is for close and continuous contact. I doubt this meeting rose to that occasion, especially since jr has met hundreds of foreign nationals. It’s odd he would even put this one on the list.

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

Since the WSJ, WaPo, NYT, and CNN have been well known outlets for CIA disinformation operations in the past; (As exposed in the Church Committee Congressional hearings)......are those same operations currently very active through their agents placed in the MSM?

Are elements of the US Government attempting to pull off a soft-coup against the legally elected President of the United States? .......as they did with the murder of JFK?

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

[mac_truck]

Its been reported that when Ms. Veselnitskaya tried to enter the US in 2015 she was first detained and searched at London’s Heathrow airport.

This would be consistent with her being on the Western intelligence communities’ radar.

1) Is Natalia Veselnitskaya a Russian spy?

2) Was there a FISA warrant approved to monitor Natalia Veselnitskaya?

[Freedom56v2]

Levin said it was the FBI who released the Security Clearance Form...

[RummyChick]

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

she would be under surveillance.

someone has leaked a video purported to be her with what is purported to be FSB agent. Not sure who leaked or if it is her and/or an FSB agent.

[READINABLUESTATE]

All these bombshells are duds.

[ncalburt]

TPM is a Farrrrrrrrrr left wing blog and Fake News on Steriods .

This BS is useless and why post a Left wing liar blog here ?

[shalom aleichem]

But how did it get LEAKED!?

[GilGil]

This is ridiculous there is no “bombshell.”