{"id":1665,"date":"2017-07-24T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/24\/dnc-on-kushners-meeting-with-senate-investigators\/"},"modified":"2017-07-24T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T15:05:00","slug":"dnc-on-kushners-meeting-with-senate-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-kushners-meeting-with-senate-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Kushner\u2019s Meeting With Senate Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to Jared Kushner’s prepared statement to Congressional investigators, DNC deputy communications director Adrienne Watson released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n

“Once again, the Trump team is laughably trying to redefine ‘transparency’ as disclosing information after you have been caught lying.  Jared Kushner’s repeated failures to accurately report his Russia contacts would get most federal employees whose father-in-laws aren’t the President stripped of their security clearances and shown the door.  Kushner’s clearance should be denied and he should lose his job.”     <\/p>\n

Politico<\/u><\/strong>: People Familiar With The Clearance Process Say “Kushner’s Actions Would Be More Than Enough To Cost Most Federal Employees Their Security Clearances.”  <\/strong>“Kushner’s actions — including initially failing to disclose meetings with Russian officials — would be more than enough to cost most federal employees their security clearances, according to people familiar with the security-clearance process.   ‘They would lose their job immediately,’ said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight. ‘Their clearance would be gone.’” [Politico, 7\/16\/17<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Richard W. Painter: “Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Should Be Revoked. If Not, We Should Just Throw In The Towel And Give One To Vladimir Putin Himself.”<\/strong> [@RWPUSA, Twitter, 7\/16\/2017<\/a>]<\/p>\n

David Frum: “Why Is Jared Kushner Still A Government Employee With A Security Clearance?”<\/strong> [@davidfrum, Twitter, 7\/11\/2017<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Richard Burr On Jared Kushner’s Security Clearance: “He’s Had Three Attempts, I’m Not Sure How Many He Gets.”<\/strong> “BURR to me on Kushner security clearance. ‘He's had three attempts, I'm not sure how many he gets. But right now, they're fairly accurate.’” [@mkraju, Twitter, 7\/17\/2017<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Former CIA Officer Ned Price: Kushner Retaining His Security Clearance “Is An Affront To America’s National Security And A Slap In The Face To The Career Professionals Subject To A Different Set Of Rules.”<\/strong> “But the latest revelations undeniably have raised additional questions about the judgment of key figures in President Trump’s orbit, namely his eldest son Donald Jr., his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. Only Kushner, however, holds an administration position and, as a result, a Top Secret security clearance. The fact that Kushner, by all accounts, retains that clearance is an affront to America’s national security and a slap in the face to the career professionals subject to a different set of rules. I know this because, as a career CIA officer and later a spokesman for the National Security Council, I used to be one of them.” [Ned Price, Politico Magazine, 7\/14\/2017<\/a>]<\/p>\n