For a few minutes there, it seemed like there was an issue. But the New York Times makes it clear that everything is now just peachy.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, has been granted his permanent security clearance ... ending a period of uncertainty that had fueled questions about whether Mr. Kushner was in peril in the special counsel investigation.
Uncertainty? Ended. Clearly there is no further concern.
- No concern that Kushner might be called on to answer for negotiating with Qatar for a $500 million loan before Kushner joined Donald Trump on a trip to the Middle East, or getting more than $1 billion after that trip led to a blockade against the US ally.
- No concern that Kushner’s security clearance was cut off in part because even the White House security office could find no way around the many omissions, obfuscations, and flat-out lies that littered every one of the many submissions, and re-submissions that Kusher made in trying to get clearance.
- No concern about Kushner making a secret trip to Saudi Arabia to hand over top secret information to a Saudi leader who used that information to initiate a purge of dissidents.
- No concerns about Kushner selling US visas to wealthy Chinese customers who bought into a real estate scheme—or trying to make a $4 billion deal with a state-owned Chinese bank.
- No concerns about a handy bridge loan provided to Kushner by a company doing business with the White House.
- No concern about Kushner’s role in the Trump Tower meeting with Russian operatives.
- No concern about a foreign leader saying that Jared Kushner was in his pocket.
No concerns at all.