Trump son-in-law Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe - media reports

[Andaman Al]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

From the OP

The interest in Kushner does not mean investigators suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him, the officials told NBC News

However, that won't stop the anti Trumpers turning this thread into another hatefest like all the others.

It is only you that says such things. But having reflected on it, there is no reason why any thread concerning Trump should not be a hate fest, as he is one of the most hateful men on the planet.

 

I look forward to participating in a happy thread about Trump, the one started to inform us he has been sentenced to 25 yrs without parole.

[mtls2005]

Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin

 

Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.

 

Ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in Moscow that Kushner, son-in-law and confidant to then-President-elect Trump, made the proposal during a meeting on Dec. 1 or 2 at Trump Tower, according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials. Kislyak said Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications.

 

The meeting also was attended by Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?utm_term=.529f7b6f6b4d

[boomerangutang]

                         Even if Kushner didn't launder oligarch funds or conspire with Russians to skew the US election (both things he's suspected of), he should be busted telling big lies on his security form.

 

                     He's also part of a conspiracy of daily lies oozing out of the WH.   Is lying illegal?  No.  But come on folks, how many truckloads of lies are Trumpsters going to gulp down before they too declare 'enough is enough, throw the scoundrels out!'

 

                   Reasonable Americans (about 2/3rds of the populace) knew Trump and his underlings were scum - many months ago.   Some of us have known that for years.   Yet Trumpsters are still swimming in the cess pool, thinking it's a clean pond.

[ilostmypassword]

18 hours ago, tonray said:

Pence has proven to be a good soldier...if necessary he will pardon the whole family.

Actually Trump could pardon everyone except, possibly, himself. There is some debate on the subject of whether or not a President can pardon himself. Most legal scholars believe he can't because of various documents written by people involved in making the Constitution. It wouldn't make much sense if he could because that could give him virtual dictatorial powers.

[mtls2005]

Sergey Kislyak deserves a raise, and a bonus, for all his work.

 

The Trump candidacy/presidency has kept him very busy.

[Andaman Al]

48 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Sergey Kislyak deserves a raise, and a bonus, for all his work.

 

The Trump candidacy/presidency has kept him very busy.

That is an understatement. Kislyak deserves the "Hero of the Russian Federation, Gold Star Medal" The highest award Putin has to award. Kislyak and his team have accomplished more towards the downfall of the United States than The USSR did in 50 years. Kislyak should be on national hero status. I would love to live in Putins world right now. It must be like Father Christmas visits every day.

Edited May 27, 2017 by Andaman Al

[mtls2005]

Expose on Jared's success as a Baltimore slum-lord...

 

 

The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’

 

Tenants in more than a dozen Baltimore-area rental complexes complain about a property owner who they say leaves their homes in disrepair, humiliates late-paying renters and often sues them when they try to move out. Few of them know that their landlord is the president’s son-in-law.

 

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-beleaguered-tenants-of-kushnerville

 

[ilostmypassword]

29 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Expose on Jared's success as a Baltimore slum-lord...

 

 

The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’

 

Tenants in more than a dozen Baltimore-area rental complexes complain about a property owner who they say leaves their homes in disrepair, humiliates late-paying renters and often sues them when they try to move out. Few of them know that their landlord is the president’s son-in-law.

 

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-beleaguered-tenants-of-kushnerville

 

Just one more bond that he and his father-in-law share.

[ilostmypassword]

To be fair to Kushner, he could have done this just because he's not very bright.

[Andaman Al]

41 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

To be fair to Kushner, he could have done this just because he's not very bright.

To be fair, Ivanka would have chosen a man who has some of her Fathers more dominant qualities.  

[iReason]

Lawyer: Kushner ‘has no recollection’ of reported undisclosed Russian contacts

 

Top presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s legal team pushed back Friday night against a report that the White House senior adviser and Trump son-in-law had at least three undisclosed contacts with a Russian ambassador during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, saying he had “no recollection” of the alleged exchanges."

 

"Mr. Kushner participated in thousands of calls in this time period. He has no recollection of the calls as described,” Kushner’s lawyer Jamie Gorelick told POLITICO in a statement, responding to a Reuters report about Kushner's contacts with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak."

 

"But Kushner's legal team was silent about other reports that President Donald Trump's son-in-law sought to establish a secret line of communications with the Kremlin."

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/26/jared-kushner-russian-contacts-238877

 

Ahh, the old faded memory spiel...

[mtls2005]

I'm sure Jared has some perfectly reasonable explanation for desiring a special Kremlin-Batphone.

 

If you have any good explanations I'm sure the WH would appreciate your input.

 

The crazier the better, if it appeals to the base.

 

The reasons shouldn't be too traitor-y, or treason-y.

 

 

 

Edited May 27, 2017 by mtls2005

[selftaopath]

On 5/26/2017 at 9:52 AM, boomerangutang said:

However it happens, whether pre- or post- indictment, it will be a factor. Maybe, like Fat Boy Kim's grandfather, Trump will get himself declared 'President forever' ....and be able to issue presidential pardons from the graveyard.

I believe Trump and Putin are doing everything they possibly can to have him (hate to even type his name) made/declared President forever. He would love nothing more than to have full and unchallenged power. He loves Putin so much b/c he wants to be him. 

[selftaopath]

On 5/26/2017 at 11:14 AM, Andaman Al said:

If still as a President, Trump issued a pardon to a member (s) of his own family, I cannot imagine the consequences. There would be so much rage in America the deaths from heart attack and high blood pressure would spike above the norm I am sure. It would be a fascinating spectator sport to see Trump pardon his family members if charges were brought against them.

 

This is why I think the Feds will amass the evidence and then take Trump out first, THEN they will bring charges against the hangers on and his little piggies. All in jail, one can but dream.

 

With a hooligan bully boy shove and an embarrassing speech at the NATO meeting, Trump has confirmed to real heads of state what a child it is who represents America on the international stage.

AMEN!

[selftaopath]

22 hours ago, tonray said:

Pence has proven to be a good soldier...if necessary he will pardon the whole family.

Yea but then there's this:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/05/mike_pence_is_complicit.html

[mtls2005]

1 hour ago, tomwct said:

More fake news and 68% of Americans see what the left wing progressive media is doing. 93% of CNN is negative about President Trump and most of it is Fake News! Can't wait for the next election, so more states will become red! They'll be very few Blue Welfare States left, but they are huge; such as; California & New York. Go President Trump!

 

Sounds like someone is down in the dumps with Fox News treading water at #3?

 

The "fake news" claim worked for a while, now it just sounds like some sort of juvenile claim.

 

Interesting stats, would love to see some background supporting those claims.

 

Finally, red-states tend more welfare-y.

 

 

Go President Trump!

 

It's good to see you want him gone too.

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, tomwct said:

More fake news and 68% of Americans see what the left wing progressive media is doing. 93% of CNN is negative about President Trump and most of it is Fake News! Can't wait for the next election, so more states will become red! They'll be very few Blue Welfare States left, but they are huge; such as; California & New York. Go President Trump!

I don't know where you got your numbers, but they are fake news. 

 

Regarding Blue Welfare States, they are hard to find.  New York and California pay significantly more in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending.  The major welfare states are red.   https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/  

[ilostmypassword]

2 hours ago, tomwct said:

More fake news and 68% of Americans see what the left wing progressive media is doing. 93% of CNN is negative about President Trump and most of it is Fake News! Can't wait for the next election, so more states will become red! They'll be very few Blue Welfare States left, but they are huge; such as; California & New York. Go President Trump!

You forgot to note that 100% of your alleged data is false.

[Skywalker69]

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kushner-proposed-secret-channel-to-kremlin-954559555906

[selftaopath]

2 hours ago, tomwct said:

More fake news and 68% of Americans see what the left wing progressive media is doing. 93% of CNN is negative about President Trump and most of it is Fake News! Can't wait for the next election, so more states will become red! They'll be very few Blue Welfare States left, but they are huge; such as; California & New York. Go President Trump!

I just read that red states take more government money than blue states and blue states contribute more to the government than red state.  It's public information if you are interested in researching it.

[Skywalker69]

13 minutes ago, selftaopath said:

I just read that red states take more government money than blue states and blue states contribute more to the government than red state.  It's public information if you are interested in researching it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/red-states-more-dependent-on-federal-government-2015-7?r=US&IR=T&IR=T

[thaibeachlovers]

On 5/26/2017 at 4:47 PM, Andaman Al said:

It is only you that says such things. But having reflected on it, there is no reason why any thread concerning Trump should not be a hate fest, as he is one of the most hateful men on the planet.

 

I look forward to participating in a happy thread about Trump, the one started to inform us he has been sentenced to 25 yrs without parole.

Had any of us said the same things about Obama that are said by all the Trump haters about Trump you anti Trumpers would have been melting down, and calling for us to be banned.

[Andaman Al]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

Had any of us said the same things about Obama that are said by all the Trump haters about Trump you anti Trumpers would have been melting down, and calling for us to be banned.

But you couldn't have said those things could you? Let me try it - Obama the orange haired buffoon! ....nope, Obama the man child.......no, Obama the pathological liar..........nope, Obama the pussy grabber...............nope, Obama the narcissist ........nope, Hey did you hear that Obama said the thing he has in common with his daughter is sex.............nope! Obama the corrupt...........nope, hey Obama's speeches sound like the words of a drunk.........nope. Obama the traitor...nope. Obama has sold us out to the Russians...........nope, Obama is Putins bitch...........nope.

 

So how far do we need to go thaibeachlovers? There is no way Trump supporters could say the same things about Obama.

 

However some of the examples we HAVE had on here where the contributors do deserve to be banned would be Obama...The White House Ni**er, Obama the brown smear President, Now Obama is gone it is good to have a human in the White house again, Obama is African born in Kenya he is not American. All said in these hallowed halls of TV. Would you like to stop now?

[FritsSikkink]

7 hours ago, tomwct said:

More fake news and 68% of Americans see what the left wing progressive media is doing. 93% of CNN is negative about President Trump and most of it is Fake News! Can't wait for the next election, so more states will become red! They'll be very few Blue Welfare States left, but they are huge; such as; California & New York. Go President Trump!