{"id":1361,"date":"2017-05-26T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/dnc-on-kushner-under-fbi-scrutiny\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T00:15:00","slug":"dnc-on-kushner-under-fbi-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-kushner-under-fbi-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Kushner Under FBI Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Georgia;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{margin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#0563C1;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#954F72;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\np\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tmso-margin-top-alt:auto;\n\tmargin-right:0in;\n\tmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\n\tmargin-left:0in;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;}\nspan.EmailStyle17\n\t{mso-style-type:personal-compose;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\n\tcolor:windowtext;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n\/* List Definitions *\/\n@list l0\n\t{mso-list-id:645744114;\n\tmso-list-type:hybrid;\n\tmso-list-template-ids:-527931266 398500986 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}\n@list l0:level1\n\t{mso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;\n\tfont-family:\"Georgia\",serif;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tcolor:red;\n\tmso-style-textfill-fill-color:red;\n\tmso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;\n\tmso-ansi-font-weight:bold;}\n@list l0:level2\n\t{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;}\n@list l0:level3\n\t{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:right;\n\ttext-indent:-9.0pt;}\n@list l0:level4\n\t{mso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;}\n@list l0:level5\n\t{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;}\n@list l0:level6\n\t{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:right;\n\ttext-indent:-9.0pt;}\n@list l0:level7\n\t{mso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;}\n@list l0:level8\n\t{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:left;\n\ttext-indent:-.25in;}\n@list l0:level9\n\t{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;\n\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;\n\tmso-level-number-position:right;\n\ttext-indent:-9.0pt;}\nol\n\t{margin-bottom:0in;}\nul\n\t{margin-bottom:0in;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">In response to news that Jared Kushner, Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law and senior advisor, is currently under FBI scrutiny for his contacts with Russia, DNC deputy communications director Adrienne Watson released the following statement:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;The FBI&rsquo;s Russia investigation reached Trump&rsquo;s backyard, and now it&rsquo;s in his house. &nbsp;Kushner&rsquo;s security clearance should be suspended until the FBI&rsquo;s findings are complete.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Three things to know about Kushner and Russia:<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">1.<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Kushner backed firing Comey while he was under scrutiny by the FBI.<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp; <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Kushner was <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/10\/us\/politics\/how-trump-decided-to-fire-james-comey.html?_r=0&amp;referer=\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">closely involved in orchestrating<\/span><\/a> Trump&rsquo;s firing of FBI Director James Comey in an attempt to stifle the Russian investigation. We now know that Kushner himself has become a focus of that investigation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">2.<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Kushner lied on his security clearance application by omitting meetings with Russian officials. <\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Kushner and Michael Flynn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/02\/us\/politics\/kushner-flynn-sessions-russia.html?_r=0\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak<\/span><\/a> during the transition, and Kushner also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jared-kushner-russia-vnesheconombank-ceo-putin-2017-3\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">took a meeting<\/span><\/a> with the CEO of a U.S.-sanctioned, Russian state-owned bank with close ties to the Kremlin&rsquo;s spy network.&nbsp; Kushner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/06\/us\/politics\/jared-kushner-russians-security-clearance.html\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">did not disclose either meeting<\/span><\/a> on the security clearance forms he filled out before taking his post in the White House.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">3.<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Kushner and Ivanka Trump have close ties to two Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin.<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp; <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">They are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-19654189\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">close friends<\/span><\/a> with the wife of Roman Abramovich, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-19654189\"><span style=\"color:windowtext\">close Putin ally<\/span><\/a> who reportedly gave the Russian president a $35 million yacht as a gift. They are also close to the &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2008\/05\/highprofile_bris_on_sunday_you.html\"><span style=\"color:windowtext\">right hand man<\/span><\/a>&rdquo; of Lev Leviev, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/16\/magazine\/16Leviev-t.html\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">longtime friend of Putin<\/span><\/a> dating back to the 1990s who was also involved in a <a href=\"http:\/\/jpupdates.com\/2015\/05\/17\/lev-leviev-sells-times-square-building-to-jared-kushner-for-296m\/\"> <span style=\"color:windowtext\">major real estate deal<\/span><\/a> with Kushner in 2015. &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to news that Jared Kushner, Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law and senior advisor, is currently under FBI scrutiny for his contacts with Russia, DNC deputy communications director Adrienne Watson released the following statement: &nbsp; &ldquo;The FBI&rsquo;s Russia investigation reached Trump&rsquo;s backyard, and now it&rsquo;s in his house. &nbsp;Kushner&rsquo;s security clearance should be suspended until the FBI&rsquo;s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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