The Deep State Takes Out the White House’s Dark Clown Prince: Jared Kushner had a very bad terrible no good day. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Rick Wilson - Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-deep-state-takes-out-the-white-houses-dark-clown-prince
If you’ve ever filled out a form SF-86 for a U.S. government security clearance, you’ll know the hassle of dealing with the sheer volume of information it entails.........It’s not easy, and it’s not supposed to be.
It’s even harder when you’re a corrupt, entitled snake who repeatedly lies about your finances to federal investigators and serves as a living, breathing poster child for privileged venality. It’s even harder when you’ve rather clumsily attempted to use both your familial relationship and proximity to the president of the United States to save your family’s failing real-estate empire.
All of which helps explain Jared Kushner’s very bad day on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a man who has compromised himself and his supposed values to accommodate and indulge President Trumphausen’s various whims, impulses, urges, feuds, and paranoid episodes, finally drew the line and busted Kushner’s security clearance down from TS/SCI to Walmart Greeter Background Check (Provisional).
Hear that? That was America’s intelligence community, down to the last GS-7, breathing a loud sigh of relief.
Kushner is a man who needs a billion dollars fast, and is willing to cast shame on the winds to get there. The stench of his venality and desperation hangs around him like stripper perfume, cloying and obvious. Jared all but hiked up his sassy pink petticoats while whistling “Hey, sailor!” to the Chinese, Israeli, Arab, and Russian investors he begged to invest in his failing 666 Fifth Avenue white elephant.
Kushner has no one to blame but himself. His ambition exceeded his abilities by orders of magnitude so vast it would take a team of advanced mathematicians a generation to devise a system by which to measure the differential. Even his simpering beta-male, child-voiced affect couldn’t hide his spectacular reach and overpowering thirst for the power, influence, and financial rewards of Washington.
It wasn’t just that Kushner omitted tens of millions of dollars of investments from his SF-86 and was forced to revise again and again and again, or that his listing of foreign contacts and engagements was glaringly insufficient. It’s that he lied and omitted information in a way that was painfully obvious to the FBI and government officials examining his qualifications for the most elevated intelligence clearances. Then, the whispers in foreign capitals started; Kushner, they whispered, is for sale. American intelligence was listening.
Tuesday night, The Washington Post broke a massive story on intercepted intelligence from the UAE, China, Israel, and Mexico in which foreign officials capered in glee over how to manipulate and bribe the Naif Prince of Trumplandia. It’s one thing to be a target. It’s another thing to be an easy target.
The knowledge that every foreign intelligence agency in the world saw Kushner’s desperation for cash no doubt set America’s beleaguered counterintelligence community into a state of raw panic. The fact that Kushner is up to his hot-yogaed ass in dealings with Sergei Kislyak and was a key member of the infamous Trump Tower meeting in which Russia offered a quid for a still mysterious quo is just the icing on that cake.
Until today, Jared Kushner was one of a handful of recipients of the President’s Daily Brief, a product that compiles the crown jewels of the American intelligence community’s input and analysis. He was exposed to source and methods, high-grade analytical product, and the darkest secrets we have gleaned from the most sensitive sources. Although President Postliterate Bestwords has his PDB presented in graphic-novel form or performed by costumed dancers, Jared was apparently an aggressive consumer of intelligence, ordering up briefings and information outside even his broad purview. What he knows after a year in this position makes him the juiciest intelligence target in the world.
Trump’s nepotism always put the soft-handed Kushner on an impossible pedestal. By the time it was clear even to a slowcoach like Trump that Jared couldn’t be the Minister of All Portfolios, it was too late. The imagined power couple of Jared and Ivanka waged their snippy, passive-aggressive media war from their offices in the West Wing, leaking diligently to boot first Reince Priebus, and then Steve Bannon from the White House. The humiliation of being ousted by Jarvanka must rankle Bannon to this day. Kelly was their next target, but he moved first, and struck hard.
For now, Kelly has skillfully maneuvered his boss into a tight corner. Trump can either give in to the simpering “But Daaaaaaaady” whinge of Princess Ivanka and restore Jared to his full suite of security clearances, or face a tornado of razor cuts from leaks over Jared’s business dealings and behavior.
The almost certain knowledge that Robert Mueller isn’t done with Jared by a long stretch doesn’t make it any easier for Trump, even as the red flags thrown up by Rod Rosenstein over the president’s son-in-law and very special adviser were one more sign of the urgency of closing up the leakiest, riskiest White House in history. The best part of this trap is that Trump (R-Oppositional Defiant Disorder) will be tempted to do the one thing that will make his political situation more politically tenuous and legally risky by restoring Jared’s clearances. It’s within his rights as the president, but he would be dumber than a sack of hammers to do so. A smart president would have already told Jared to pack up and get the hell out, but... oh, who are we kidding?
This battle was only ever going to end one way, and in the war of the Deep State vs. Team Trump, the bad guys often make it easy by being greedy, sloppy, and stupid. Jared was all three.
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It didn't take that long for Jaravanka's reputation to get shot to hell.
A rational and informed person would trust Kushner more with state secrets than they would trust Hillary Clinton...who left thousands of government emails, some Secret and above, dangling on her unsecured home server setup...for any and all to hack. Did anyone hack any of those emails? The "Shadow" knows....
Weird that you'll bash clinton for a server but have no problems with kushner and 30 others having access to top secret intel for no reason at all.
Have you heard of Interim Top Secret? Happens all the time across the government.
Interim doesnt mean a YEAR. And with as many ties as trumps admin does to russia its flat out stupid.
You're blaming an OPM Director who resigned in July of 2015 because their DMS was breached?
Trump nominated Pon in September 2017 and the Senate has yet to vote on him?
Seems to be a total lack of urgency on the Administration's behalf...
When I was working for DoD, there were folks who had had Interim TS clearances for over five years - so, yeah, longer than a year.
So someone else did it and that makes it ok? That's the justification?
And what are those imaginary ties? Can you provide a list so we know that you know what you are talking about? Are you saying the Kushner is a security risk and can't be trusted? I know of lots of Democrats who would fit that same description.
Don't you know that Jarvanka is/are above the law?
Kushner set up a private email server AFTER the election to coordinate his private and White House accounts.
When "caught" the WH tech department made sure all of his emails were copied or forwarded to the WH accounts.
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Nope - just showing the fallacy of your statement. Also showing you how the government really works - not like you want or wish.
Wtf does him being Jewish have to do with anything?
Shouldn't there be a link to the article?
I thought there was.
I will fix it.
Jared all but hiked up his sassy pink petticoats while whistling “Hey, sailor!” to the Chinese, Israeli, Arab, and Russian investors he begged to invest in his failing 666 Fifth Avenue white elephant.
Somehow its not surprising that's the line that got your interest.
That is some top notch prose.
Besides the grammatically shitty title of this biased hit piece along with the author's obvious child-like name calling, the funny thing? The President (any U.S. President, while serving) is the Original Classification Authority (OCA) and can grant access to anyone he chooses to. As to the SF-86 (which we really don't use anymore), it is filled with PII (Personally Idendtifiable Information) that seems to suddenly be common knowledge. Have to wonder how that happened (in violation of the Privacy Act of 1974). Well, in reality, we know that the left side of the aisle will violate any law in pursuit of their goals....just as their Goddess Hillary proved with her personal e-mail server and the idiot crews' indefensible Computer Security practices.
Another day, another dog feces article.
Jesus, you are actually defending Jared Kushner?
How low can you sink?
So, now you are skirting the COC, huh? Not surprised. Re-read the comment, this time for comprehension.
Question 1. Where in the comment did I defend Mr. Kushner?
Question 2. Does the Privacy Act not include him?
Question 3. Are you capable of addressing the comment, instead of the commenter?
Question 4. When you live in a glass house, why are prone to stone throwing?
Another violation of the code of conduct.
Man up sugar britches.
Why are you whining about the article?
Besides the grammatically shitty title of this biased hit piece
He thinks Kushner is a scumbag. So what? There is evidence that Kushner is trying to use his position in government to enrich his family business. He should be run out of town on a rail. Instead you are defending him.
What evidence? Why can't you ever produce the evidence? Could it be there is none?
Your comments are endless repetitions of pointless drivel.
Diversion instead of answering simple questions I posed....Skirting the CoC [ph]
Sorry John - this is an OPINION piece - hint - the author's opinion.
Nothing to see here folks - next.
So there is nothing to see in "opinions"?
I guess NT should close down then.
You never deal in verifiable facts. Just dumbass left wing hit pieces.
Thanks for admitting that the rightwing considers cold hard facts "dumb."
You never accept verified facts. Facts and truth are like poisons to you lot. Just look at the violent reactions they cause in you when presented with them.
Care to show us what "cold hard facts" are contained in this OPINION piece?
When report after report after report shows up stating actual facts, like Kushner having to amend his filings over and over and over again, in spite of having great lawyers and the best advice in the world, the guy still screws it up. He screwed it up because he is failing to understand ETHICS. He has none.
This entire family is completely absolutely devoid of ethics, honesty or the simple understanding of how honesty and ethics are supposed to work.
They have lived their lives like Trump with cheating, using loopholes, bending the rules, taking shortcuts, and generally skirting the law if not outright breaking the law and covering it up. From sexual harassment, to bankruptcies, to cheating contractors, to not honoring their contracts or obligations, to simply bold face lies while their attorneys get them out of the situation.
The emoluments clause is being ignored by a Republican majority because if it were to be ethically followed they would suffer politically.
This entire family and their combined pattern of behavior is totally un-American but they are the poster family of white privilege and entitlements. Whether it's draft deferments, financial disclosure, or lying to America, they think they can do anything.
Lots of rumors, speculations and wild imaginations, but so far no charges, trials, or convictions. Same could be said of the Clintons. If Billery and Hillary are innocent of all wrongdoing, it would imply the Trump team is also. This back and forth is fun when you prove the liberal commenters wrong. Trump's a shoo-in for winning again in 2020.
Your commentary is always thuddingly simplistic and devoid of facts. Keep up the good work.
Nothing of the sort is implied by that.
As are all of yours...you know....the old pot meets kettle thingy. If you can't respond in an intelligent and rational way, the snarky personal attack always comes forth.
For a while now I have been trying to think who the author posted as on NV. I cant't think of any particular person, as many of them were pretty loony, so the similarities are endless. However, there is no doubt that the author is the left's answer to D4D.
The author's name is Rick Wilson. He is a Republican political operative who became "never Trump" at the beginning of the last presidential campaign after watching Trump jackass all over creation.
D4D was quite a character, as was LBJ under his numerous alias's. I go all the way back to "Fiesty Redhead"....around '08 or '09.
This from the side that viciously attacks and mocks the harrowing story of George Soros--actually accusing him, as a 15 y.o. hiding out from the Nazis as being complicit with them. It doesn't get more disgustingly anti-semitic than that and the Jew-hating extreme rightwing isn't fooling anyone.
None of our early presidents divested of their businesses nor should they
I have no problem with any president or their staff making money while in office as long as the policies are good for America.
this is about the Marxist left hatred of free enterprise
Try again there.
We must have different history books. I’m surprised you actually think that Bill Clinton and George Bush were among our early presidents
furthermore Bill Clinton never owned any business prior to becoming president
At the time Bill was elected president he and, Hillary sat on the board at Wal-Mart and, had other interests in business in Arkansas, yeah, they might not have been at the level of Donald Trump, but, they were well off at the time.
I did miss the part of the early presidents in your original statement but, for sometime presidents have been securing divestiture from their business's during their time in the White House. It could be possible that the early presidents didn't really have that much to worry about, as far as business's since most were either not very well off, (Abe Lincoln) or, were farmers for the most part, (Jefferson, Washington, Adams, etc., etc.)
Report: Kushner Fears ‘Everyone Is Out to Get Him’
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly become paranoid about his own colleagues in the West Wing after his security clearance was downgraded this week and his family’s business ties subjected to new scrutiny. A source cited by CNN late Wednesday said Kushner believes the publication of a Washington Post story about his contacts with foreign officials was intentionally timed to coincide with the news of his diminished security level in the White House. The report claims officials from China, Israel, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates discussed ways to manipulate him through his business ventures. Kushner suspects intelligence officials sat on the information for months and then leaked it to the press when he was already under scrutiny for lacking a permanent security clearance, the unnamed source told CNN. Kushner is said to be under the impression “everyone is out to get him,” including his colleagues. He has reportedly privately vented frustrations with the decision of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to overhaul the security-clearance process, at times asking others, “Why is Kelly doing this?”
Leftist media are evil and a threat to liberty. This is a typical leftist media lying smear campaign. Of that’s why John believes every word of it
Lying smear campaign? Every bit of his foolishness has been proven, and much of the proof came from Jared Kushner's own words. He's the one who said, "Oopsies" when it was discovered he failed to disclose certain dealings with certain people/countries. He's the one who said, "Oopsies" when he forgot to include money/gifts/promises made/whatever in regard to those certain people/countries, etc. He's the one who flat out lied about his dealings with the Russians. I'm sorry dear, but these are the facts of the matter. What's astounding to me is that even in light of these facts, you think he is still a swell guy who should have unlimited access to our nation's most secret information. That makes me want to ask what the hell is wrong with you.
Face it, Kushner refused to disclose key information because he felt secure in the fact that his shenanigans wouldn't be discovered. After all, daddy-in-law is the President of the United States. Even when he submitted forms with updated information, it was discovered that he was still omitting scads of pertinent, not to mention REQUIRED information. The old 'I won't reveal it unless someone discovers that I did it' routine might fly with shady real estate dealings and marital indiscretions, but we are talking about compromised national security.
Here is something else Kushner hasn't figured out: He is expendable. Donald Trump will not hesitate to throw his silly behind under the first passing bus in an effort to save his own skin. That's exactly what happened with Page, Flynn, Spicer, Bannon, Manafort and an ass-load of others stupid enough to think Trump is a loyal guy. If he can't be loyal to his wives, his business associates, and his hand-picked advisers, etc., what do you think that means to the average American Joe Citizen?
Here is something else the typical Career politician HAS figured out......They aren't expendable, because of IDIOT Voters.
They Luv them sum' stupid maroons "Name Recognition" voting.
Really? Show me the quote from Jarod that he’s become paranoid
I have made no statements regarding how I feel about Kushner. I’m ambivalent about him. What matters is how President Trump feels about him. Especially since Kushner is working for free.
Trump has done the most good for our country since Reagan. Certainly Trump is light years better than any of the Marxist Statist Democrats or Establishment Republicans
Trump has already reversed a great deal of the damage Hussein Obama did to our country.
BTW, I did not vote for Trump because he had been a lifelong liberal and I have voted 3rd party since I left the GOP in 1970 (except for voting for Reagan) because of the Socialism of Nixon and many Republicans
There's an anti-corruption statute which Congress rewrote in 1962 in response to the profound corruption and conflicts of interest by the Dulles brothers, the evil twins of the Eisenhower administration who created many of the foreign policy problems the US is still dealing with today.
So to avoid being charged under that statute Jared and Ivanka aren't being "paid" by the executive branch. They're just cashing in through the personal connections and top secret intel they have access to.......and as the top advisors to our Fuhrer they're in a position to manipulate US policy to benefit themselves and their foreign business partners, or to be manipulated by them as is now clear China was doing with Jared and has previously done with Ivanka.
It's really quite disgusting that Trump and his family use a technical loophole to avoid criminal charges while leaving intact all the conflicts of interest which the statute is meant to prevent. Corruption at its finest and most blatant.