Jalonick writes: "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."
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (photo: Getty)
19 July 17
hree 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.”
Blumenthal suggested on Twitter that Kushner’s clearance should be revoked.
There is simply no way, knowing what we know, that Kushner can be trusted with our country's secrets.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) July 17, 2017
