Discussion: DHS Chief: 'I Don't See Any Big Issue' If Kushner Tried To Set Up Backchannel

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So why the secrecy? Why the lying about it and failing to report these things as required by law?

Go cook up some terror threat to divert attention, you worthless sack.

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Somewhat OT but…Do Generals get Dental?

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Such a crock of BS

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Not a big issue except that even under the most generous interpretation of his actions it’s illegal for a private person, which is what Kushner was in 2016, to conduct diplomacy.

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Money shot-

I mean in my previous life, we wouldn’t do that kind of thing, but you know, politics being what they are

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“His number one interest, really, is the nation…"

Jared Kushner, like his father-in-law, equates his personal financial health with the nation’s interests.
Via Bloomberg:

"But the Washington Post also reported – and this seems central and
crucial as to why the president’s son-in-law is a different sort of
target here – that the FBI is focusing on a series of conversations
that Kushner had in December with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S.,
Sergey Kislyak.

At the time, Kushner had already spent months trying to arrange fresh
financing for a troubled building his family owns, 666 Fifth
Avenue.After one of those meetings, Kislyak arranged a meeting between
Kushner and Sergey Gorkov, the powerful chief executive of a major
Russian bank, Vnesheconombank, also known as VEB. The U.S. had imposed
financial sanctions on VEB because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
military incursions in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. (During this
period the Russians were also meeting with Flynn, Trump’s incoming
national security adviser.) VEB has close ties to the Kremlin, and
Gorkov attended a training academy for members of Russia’s security and
intelligence services. A Trump spokeswoman has described Kushner’s
meetings with the Russians as routine, which they may have been given
his role at the time as Trump’s liaison to foreign powers.
But given the significance of 666 Fifth Avenue to Kushner and his
family’s fortunes, it’s also possible that he saw the Russians as
potential investors.

It’s worth recalling that Kushner had spent the prior months lobbying
Anbang, an insurer and prolific deal-maker close to China’s government,
for a major investment in 666 Fifth Avenue. Anbang had considered
investing $4 billion in the building. Kushner overpaid for the building
in 2007, when he bought it with the help of bank loans for $1.8 billion.
When the financial crisis landed a year later, occupancy rates in the
building plummeted and Kushner had to be rescued by outside investors."

…

“In a happy moment in the otherwise cloudy world of the
Trump family and the flood of financial conflicts they’ve carted into
Washington, a major Chinese investor has decided not to pour billions of
dollars into a Manhattan skyscraper owned by the Jared Kushner clan.Had
this deal gone forward – the effect would have been to bail Kushner
out of a huge, misbegotten investment while letting his family take home
at least $400 million and retain a minority ownership stake in the
building – it would have compromised President Donald Trump’s diplomacy
with China.”

Kushner was hoping to use the Russian-secured backchannel to negotiate loans from VEB to bail his dumb ass out of his financial disaster of 666. He needed to bypass the US IC because the existing sanctions on VEB would have aroused the immediate interest of the US IC.

bootlick: transitive verb: to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner intransitive verb: to act obsequiously

Synonyms: ass-kiss; brownnose, fluff; tongue-bathe; stroke; suck up to; apple-polish; fawn; toady; butter up; massage; oil; soft-soap; spread it on; sweet-talk; grovel; pander; cringe; kowtow; truckle; beslaver; blandish; lay it on thick; bow and scrape; cower; crawl; creep; cringe; eat dirt; fall all over; kiss feet; kneel; pamper; prostrate; snivel; stoop; fellate

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in 1984, he received a Master of Science degree in National Security Studies from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

And yet somehow was absent the day they explained the kind of secret communications with hostile foreign nations that gets you charged with espionage if you’re not the son-in-law of a staggeringly corrupt President in a time of cowardice and moral bankruptcy.

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If Trump is so concerned about the well-being of his minions Kushner and Flynn, why not a pre-emptive pardon? C’mon, Donnie, I dare you. What’s that? Giving them immunity from prosecution, hence no possibility of pleading the 5th Amendment to spare themselves quality time in lockup, would conflict with their personal loyalty oath to Donald J. Trump, criminal-in-chief?

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They have to get the firings out of the way first so there won’t be any leaks about it.
They wish.

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The terrorists must be astounded that Trump, Jared and the rest of this corrupt administration are all laying the groundwork for utter destruction for them.

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“I mean in my previous life, we wouldn’t do that kind of thing, but you know, politics being what they are, I made the conscious decision to yield whatever shreds of dignity I had left. Wraithdom really isn’t that bad, honestly—I get to eat the leftovers in the White House kitchen, I get to shake the hand of the President every once in a while, and I don’t wash my hands for a week afterward because the President is so awesome. Plus I know the power of the Orb, and what it can do to the unfaithful.”

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bootlick: transitive verb: to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner intransitive verb: to act obsequiously

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How come I feel the Homeland is less safe with this fool in charge?

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“I know Jared. He’s a great guy, decent guy. His number one interest, really, is the nation …"

Oh, well in that case, no harm no foul!

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I’ve felt less safe ever since they started using the word “Homeland.”

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“Everyone floats down here. And soon, you’ll float too!” Pennywise Kelly.

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Was Kelly always this much of a bootlicker?

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Trump may meet with Mr. Kasowitz as early as Sunday…White House aides were trying to assemble a powerhouse outside legal team…and they planned to introduce some of them to Mr. Trump as soon as this weekend. More lawyers could also be hired onto the White House staff to help Mr. McGahn.—NYT

I hope Trump will be able to concentrate over the wails and screams of Ivanka…

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He’s already thrown in with this motley crew so he’s stupidly sticking it out.

Pennies, pounds, etc.

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