Jared and Ivanka use private email/messaging for government business

Hypocrites. Let’s see if Republicans think they should be locked up. I guess this is only bad when Hillary did it. Lol.

Cool, so I imagine this will be a national scandal that dominates the headlines for the next 6 months right? https://t.co/eptQfvBSrA
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 21, 2019

When Trump mentioned Clinton 19 days ago during his CPAC speech, attendees bleated, "LOCK HER UP!" referring to her use of a private email server for State Dept. business. https://t.co/rP7XUghrJw https://t.co/AITJ75kpmC
— Alex Kotch 🔥 (@alexkotch) March 21, 2019

BREAKING: In letter to WH, Rep. Cummings reveals that KUSHNER was routinely using WhatsApp to conduct official business as recently as Dec. 2018. Kushner's lawyer told lawmakers he screenshots messages to preserve them.

Cummings wants details by April 4. https://t.co/uOZdCgKGph
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 21, 2019

—-> https://t.co/vOliPCihkR
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) March 21, 2019

Jared Kushner Uses Non-Official Messaging for Official Business, Lawyer Says https://t.co/6SHfOBSllw
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) March 21, 2019

Intercept reported in March 2018 that Kushner was communicating with MBS via WhatsApp: https://t.co/nbSJgR51PR https://t.co/h7kc0CxMWl
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 21, 2019

Among the many questions this raises, why is Kushner's private attorney responding to questions about official WH business? He speaks for Kushner, not the WH, so we can't possibly know if his answers are the whole story, as his false answers on Jared's security clearance showed. https://t.co/zwINVfroui
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) March 21, 2019

You may be skeptical but this is gonna break Trump’s support among congressional Republicans.

I was around in 2015-2016 and remember how devoted GOP leaders are to information security best practices. https://t.co/C2jOs4wyO1
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 21, 2019

sarcasm

Republicans only think it’s bad when Democrats do it.

Kushner update 3/9/19

He’s just as bad as Trump. He shouldn’t have a clearance. He left our officials out when he met with the Saudis. He has financial conflicts of interest because of his business interests.

My interview on #AMJoy: "Trump is grooming Jared and Ivanka for a dynastic kleptocracy. This is what you see in autocracies and in mafia states. It's a way to keep corruption going and keep that money flowing. This is a massive national security risk." pic.twitter.com/UQZReLZWs7
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 2, 2019

I’m with @SethAbramson here. Smarmy, slimy, smiling Jared Kushner of 666 Fifth Avenue is the beating heart of this unprecedentedly corrupt and deeply evil administration. He’ll eventually be exposed as an insatiably greedy Benedict Arnold. Read the thread and watch this space. https://t.co/E1TSV520tR
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 9, 2019

Why is Jared Kushner, who couldn’t get a clearance without nepotistic intervention, having secret meetings with the Saudi government and keeping U.S. officials in the dark about the substance of the meetings? Are conflicts of interest at play here?https://t.co/vZN44abwhK
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 7, 2019

When Jared Kushner travels overseas, he's not doing America's business — he's doing Jared Kushner's business. No one should believe otherwise. https://t.co/szemNcBoqw
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 7, 2019

Scoop: The House Oversight Committee has obtained documents from a WH source related to Jared Kushner & Ivanka‘s security clearances that the Trump admin refused to provide, according to a senior Democratic aide involved in handling the documents.https://t.co/bs9U177i0h
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) March 8, 2019

"I have concerns whether the Saudis have been taking advantage of the [Jared Kushner] situation." -Rep. Ro Khanna pic.twitter.com/0U4m9Sal7f
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 9, 2019

"I worked hard to get Top Secret clearance. It's troubling that Jared Kushner didn't," by Emily Brandwin (@CIAspygirl) https://t.co/7st50mPHZA
— TIME (@TIME) March 9, 2019

In the Middle East, billionaires & trillionaires w/ unlimited access to the resources of the global rich. This is who Kushner wants to be associated with. Relationships w/ people of $$ & influence is problematic when talking about the secrets of the United States. @MalcolmNance pic.twitter.com/4BAHEE5XYU
— La Femme Nikita (@LaF3mm3Nikita) March 9, 2019

‘Kushner is not out securing peace he’s out to secure contracts’ for Trump businesses https://t.co/QgdikhxJic
— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) March 9, 2019

It’s not just a scandal Trump demanded Jared Kushner get top security clearance & access to classified intel. It’s that we have every reason to expect he’s traded influence & secrets to pay off his massive debts & enrich himself & his family. https://t.co/wJpqXwxOgS
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) March 9, 2019

I had first seen Jared’s personnel doc when I reported last February that John Kelly had downgraded his security clearance https://t.co/YUZkGkWToJ

Now we know Oversight Committee has those same personnel docs for Jared & Ivanka thx to a leaky WH source https://t.co/bs9U177i0h
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) March 8, 2019

Jared Kushner’s business sought a $100 million investment from a Saudi-backed fund.
Jared is meeting privately with the Saudi crown prince without telling US embassy officials what they discussed.

This is a problem.https://t.co/WrQrth1fkB
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 7, 2019

The only thing more Trump than a Chinese madam selling access to the President via his pay-to-play club at Mar-a-Lago would be learning that Jared had figured out a way to get a cut of the money and lie about it. https://t.co/ZneMf51efO
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 9, 2019

Ivanka’s clearance was done by Trump, too

Jared and Ivanka should not have security clearances. They don’t belong in the government. It’s not the family business.

Been five days since @nytimes disclosure about Kushner’s clearance—and still no denials from McGahn and Kelly. Been a few hours on this one. Same non-reaction so far. https://t.co/zSz3vIdGXr
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) March 6, 2019

Re: security clearance scandal: "This was always going to be a problem," @maggieNYT says on @AC360. She says "Trump has a real inability to say no to members of his family." pic.twitter.com/QvYeT9lyYC
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 6, 2019

I wrote this 13 months ago. At the time, I didn’t even realize the full extent of how true this headline actually was….

The Trump White House Is Making a Mockery of the Security Clearance Process https://t.co/iapwaRxMCb
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 6, 2019

Here's Ivanka Trump last month telling ABC that the president "had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance." That now seems to be contradicted by new reporting from CNN. pic.twitter.com/ssXGBuyEXS
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 6, 2019

Lying is genetic in this family

House Democrats torn over how aggressively to scrutinize Ivanka Trump, president’s other children https://t.co/vE6Ykd1LYg
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) March 7, 2019

Why Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's security clearances were vital to the President | By Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/xxAJmrGpiG pic.twitter.com/c05z07WofA
— CNN (@CNN) March 9, 2019

Trump lied about Kushner’s top secret security clearance

Trump lied. He did order the security clearance for Kushner, ignoring the advice of his advisers. (He’s legally entitled to do it but it was bad for our security.) The new revelations have hung Kushner’s lawyer, Lowell, out to dry and he is distancing himself from the actions by implying he didn’t know what happened.

Jared Kushner’s clearance is more of a national security threat than Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 3, 2019

Clinton was wrong but as far as I know, no harm was done. It’s not like Trump giving classified intelligence to the Russians in the White House.

ICYMI: @AshaRangappa_ breaks down why it's so concerning that Trump lied about Jared Kushner's security clearance. pic.twitter.com/MXEvKDpmVb
— Protect the Investigation (@NoOneIsAboveLaw) March 2, 2019

If he simply took Jared and Trump’s handlers word that this was done on the up and up, it doesn’t reflect well on him https://t.co/VEF8yQF83Z
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 2, 2019

I am not trying to get "top level security clearance" for my children. This was a typically false news story.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

This is a lie if you count his son-in-law.

Lowell’s statement means Kushner not only failed to tell him of Trump’s intervention but failed to do so even after Lowell publicly vouched for the lack of presidential intervention. If Kushner knew of Lowell’s statement (how could he not?), it says volumes about his character. https://t.co/6z7MieFcGQ
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 2, 2019

You're not kidding it's remarkable. Kushner's attorney Abbe Lowell is essentially telling the world that his client lied to him. I have never seen anything like this. https://t.co/wStXSHRW9t
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) March 2, 2019

Abbe Lowell is (as far as I'm aware) a well-respected lawyer. And no (good) lawyer would — or ethically can — go out and repeat things about their client that they know to be false. This only reveals how deep the deception goes in this circle. https://t.co/O7LE5IdpOg
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 2, 2019

Trump's corrupt, nepotistic grant of security clearance to Kushner may blow up in his face.

House Dems can subpoena memos from John Kelly and Don McGahn arguing against the move.

I spoke to legal experts about this. It's a ticking time bomb.

My piece: https://t.co/mpPGz3HcaJ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 1, 2019

A good foreign intel officer could own Kushner in months. His financial vulnerabilities, greed, situational ignorance, dubious foreign contacts, ethical disregard, self-importance and dismissal by more seasoned officials make it too easy. That’s why he shouldn’t have a clearance.
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) March 1, 2019

BREAKING: @RepCummings staff just asked WH staff if the Kelly and McGahn memos on #Kushner security clearance exist. WH staff refused to confirm or deny—three times. https://t.co/OGKRIpAsQm
— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) March 1, 2019

A key point: not only are the facts of the decision to override important, but so is the reason why security professionals were so reluctant to grant Kushner the clearance in the first place. https://t.co/VMqRlTdObN
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 2, 2019

To remind: Here's why Jared Kushner was never supposed to get a clearance

"Officials in at least 4 countries privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner..using his financial difficulties and lack of experience."
Me W @shaneharris @jdawsey1 https://t.co/cejnYVT4qm
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 1, 2019

Trump’s bigoted tweet on the Trail of Tears

Trump referred to the TRAIL in a tweet on Warren. Once again, he’s a bigot – and Trump, Jr. is proud of it.

Trump appears to mock “Trail of Tears” – Presidential historian @profdbrinkley says it’s “fair game” to criticize @SenWarren, but this went way too far: #TrailofTears #CNN pic.twitter.com/0fioqr4yms
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) February 11, 2019

Trump's racist Elizabeth Warren taunts have entered a new phase | Analysis by CNN's Zachary B. Wolf https://t.co/sOsLfr2t1p pic.twitter.com/p0cFI38K1I
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 11, 2019

Trump will get real nasty for the 2020 election, especially if it appears he would be indicted once he is no longer president. There’s no bottom to his bigotry.

Jake Tapper calls out Trump Jr.’s "blatant racism" https://t.co/kgfyu0W7ME
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 11, 2019

1) President makes joke about a time the US government killed thousands of Native Americans 2) People point out he did that 3) President’s son applauds president for doing that 4) Fox guy mocks people for suggesting president is knowledgeable enough to do that https://t.co/wTrx20X8Ll
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 10, 2019

beyond base https://t.co/gT5FJbqNc9
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 11, 2019

There is no way that Donald Trump, who talks about how much he loves Andrew Jackson all the time, does not know about the Trail of Tears. There is no other interpretation of this tweet that I understand. He is making a joke about genocide against Native Americans. https://t.co/71DuX0mhy0
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) February 9, 2019

The president's use of the word trail in all caps is a potential reference to the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans from their homelands to reservations in Oklahoma in the 1800s. https://t.co/TJ4mgmAvZY
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 10, 2019

This is deliberate, not a potential mockery.

When high school kids taunt opponents with “Trail of Tears” references, they get suspended: https://t.co/sM3ME6FtQE

When the President of the United States does it, Republicans celebrate him.

We hold children to higher standards than we hold the President of the United States.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 10, 2019

How Fox News covered Trump's "Trail of Tears" genocide joke: “You can recognize a historical tragedy while at the same time also making fun of someone who misrepresented themselves.” https://t.co/Cp4zVnbEFS
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 11, 2019

Trump appears to make Trail of Tears joke in tweet mocking Elizabeth Warren https://t.co/hJOw3cjYGz
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 10, 2019

If you thought Trump was too historically ignorant to joke about genocide, think again. pic.twitter.com/OjHkg54VmJ
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) February 10, 2019

That this racist joking about the Trail of Tears comes from the President is awful. That 66,000 people (and counting) liked it might be even more depressing. https://t.co/Av0p4HZTWN
— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) February 10, 2019

I try to never dignify this man’s tweets, but there is little doubt here that he uses “TRAIL” to evoke the genocidal Trail of Tears, and does so to land a political jab. Warren has taken justifiable heat on this issue—but he used the murders of Indigenous people as a punchline. https://t.co/LiyK2iruDF
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 9, 2019

To conservatives defending Trump's Native American-themed taunts toward Elizabeth Warren as mockery of her shaky claims of being NA: If a candidate had misrepresented himself as Jewish, would you say it's fine to mockingly refer to him as "Shlomo" & make jokes about ovens?
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) February 11, 2019

Trump and Iran

Ivanka claimed that she isn't worried about Mueller because the family never did business with Iran:https://t.co/1lRnMX55Yd

Let me explain how they did, in fact, almost certainly do business with Iran.

Everything I write here is acknowledged by the Trump Org.

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— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) February 9, 2019

Trump campaign paying Jared/Ivanka legal fees

Trump’s campaign is asking his working class base to pay the legal fees of his millionaire dilettante son in law https://t.co/7hAS3FDQtD
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 8, 2019