House Dems: Kushner's Been Using Encrypted Messaging App For Official Biz

[DonViejo]

By Tierney Sneed

March 21, 2019 3:00 pm

White House advisor Jared Kushner has been using WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging app, to conduct official government business, House Democrats alleged in a letter Thursday that raised concerns about his and other White House officials’ compliance with the Presidential Records Act.

In response to the allegations, Kushner’s lawyer Abbe Lowell said that the Democrats were mischaracterizing what the lawyer told lawmakers in a meeting in December.

According to Democrats’ letter, Lowell confirmed to lawmakers Kushner’s use of the app, but that Lowell also claimed that Kushner has been complying with the law by screenshotting the messages and sending them to his White House email account or to the National Security Council. Lowell also, according to the Democrats, confirmed that Kushner’s communications were with “people outside of the United States,” according to the letter. Asked if Kushner discussed classified information over the app, Lowell told lawmakers, according to the letter, that was “above my pay grade.”

Lowell claimed on Thursday, however, that at the December meeting, he cautioned lawmakers that he wasn’t prepared to discuss the topic and that their questions were best suited for the White House. He also denied making any suggestion that Kushner used the app to communicate with foreign “leaders” or “officials” and added that Kushner has friends abroad.

Lowell said that he indicated to lawmakers in the December meeting that his knowledge about Kushner’s messaging app habits was only based on what was already reported in the press.

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[mr_lebowski]

1. Well, someones gotta do it ...

LOCK HIM UP!!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. lock 'em ALL up!

[wishstar]

2. FBI should be investigating everything Kushner has done since 2016, especially in WH role

If FBI thought Hillary's unencrypted private server deserved an investigation, surely Kushner's communications deserve investigating even more as he has been making private deals with both American banks out of WH and with foreign entities during transition and while doing official WH duties.

[lagomorph777]

4. Investigate everything he's done since puberty.

Hmm, actually 2016 might be farther back.

[lagomorph777]

3. Conducting corrupt foreign business deals with an encrypted app.

What could possibly go wrong? Did Turd-In-Law really think he'd get away with that?

[sdfernando]

5. Well, yes...I do think Kush actually thinks he can get away with it....

perhaps he has already forgotten about his own father. His father thought he could get away with it as well.

[Gothmog]

6. David Corn -The GOP never cared about Hillary's server

Link to tweet

[mr_lebowski]

8. What I REALLY WANNA SEE LOOKED INTO is where the $$$ for Kushner Family Park Avenue BAILOUT

CAME FROM?!?

This should be a Congressional Investigation, no doubt in my mind.

There's NO WAY that whole thing was on the up-and-up.

[Gothmog]

9. Hillary Clinton and AOC are teaming up here

Link to tweet

[Brother Buzz]

10. .

[Gothmog]

11. Bernie universe is currently melting down because of this.

Link to tweet

[Ilsa]

12. Encrypted, but hackable. nt