Whether Jared Kushner is solving the problems in the middle east by refusing to speak with the Senate Judiciary Committee, or alleviating our country’s opioid epidemic by having his family’s finances fall further and further into debt, we know one thing: something stinks about jared Kushner. It stinks mostly of dirty money, which is why Bob Mueller has been zeroing in on Kushner’s finances, and as the Washington Post points out has led many to question not simply why someone without a permanent security clearance not only has access to but has asked for so much confidential information.
Kushner has been present at meetings with the president where classified information was discussed and has access to the President’s Daily Brief, a digest of intelligence updates based on information from spies, satellites, and surveillance technology, according to people with knowledge of his access.
And apart from staff on the National Security Council, he issues more requests for information to the intelligence community than any White House employee, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.
Much of this can be explained by the fact that on top of his above duties, Kushner is in charge of diplomacy with both Mexico and China, reforming veteran health care and also the criminal justice system. He’s also in charge of “streamlining” our government into the well-oiled machine of business that has turned his family’s fortune into a money-pit of foreign debt. I’m sure all of Jared Kushner’s problems will be solved by his continued tinkering with his financial disclosures.
Jared Kushner quietly filed an addendum to his personal financial disclosure adding even more previously undisclosed business interests in recent weeks — and may have even more to disclose, according to real estate documents shared with TPM.
Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a top adviser, wrote a letter to White House Deputy Counsel Stefan Passantino dated Jan. 3, 2018 adding a number of additional business interests that had not previously been on his personal financial disclosure form.
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