DHS Chief: I Dont See Any Big Issue If Kushner Tried To Set Up Backchannel
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Sunday said he does not see any big issue with reports that senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is President Donald Trumps son-in-law, sought to set up backchannel communications with the Kremlin before Trumps inauguration.
I know Jared. Hes a great guy, decent guy. His number one interest, really, is the nation, so you know theres a lot of different ways to communicate, backchannel, publicly with other countries, Kelly told Chuck Todd on NBC News Meet the Press.
He said Kushner made those efforts before the government was in place during the transition period, I think, from what I understand.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-kelly-jared-kushner-moscow-backchannel
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)#2 is trump
#3 is russia
#2,875 and 1/2 is the American people!
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)To be expected.
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)Kushner is not qualified for this position. He is a criminal grifter.
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Not only his obvious defense of trump, kushner, ruskies, but he is WAY over his head as Home land Security Secretary.
NOT intelligent, NOT articulate..
Really made me feel OUR Nation is in danger.
Also, todd's questions about security clearances were interesting.
Wth.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)for the next "?" years. McMasters did the same. They are falling in line like the Third Reich.
IndianaDave
(611 posts)Moral Compass
(1,498 posts)If normalization and rationalization were made Olympic events this guy could compete and win the gold medal.
He is a clear example of how Trump did not go out and find the best people to put in the senior cabinet positions. He's a non-entity. A nothing. I'm sure he gets little respect from the thousands of people that work for him that are professionals.
We are watching our experiment in democracy come to an embarrassing end. All democracies ultimately commit suicide. What I was not expecting was our end to be quite so soon and so utterly Kafkaesque.
Skittles
(152,966 posts)fuck them all