Kushner allowed his colleagues at the White House-and the American people-to be misled about his multiple communications with Russian officials.”

“In addition, as with General Flynn, it appears that Mr. Kushner failed to correct any of these omissions or the misleading impression they left on the American public,” the Members wrote.

On February 20, 2017, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated: “This is a non-story because to the best of our knowledge, no contacts took place, so it’s hard to make a comment on something that never happened.”.

To the best of my knowledge no person that I deal with does.”

On February 16, 2017, after firing General Flynn for failing to disclose his communications with the Russian Ambassador, President Trump held a press conference during which he offered this blanket denial when asked if any other member of his team had contacts with the Russian officials: “I have nothing to do with Russia.

Spicer responded: “I don’t have any-there’s nothing that would conclude me-that anything different has changed with respect to that time period.”

On February 14, 2017, when asked whether he stood by the claim that no Trump team officials had any contacts with Russian officials during the campaign, Mr.Spicer disclosed two phone calls, but again omitted the in-person meeting in December between Ambassador Kislyak, General Flynn, and Mr. On January 23, 2017, when asked about interactions between General Flynn and Ambassador Kislyak, Mr.On January 13, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer described a timeline of communications between General Flynn and the Russian Ambassador that did not include the in-person meeting between Ambassador Kislyak, General Flynn, and Mr.There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.” On November 11, 2016, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition team, Hope Hicks, stated: “It never happened.Kushner reportedly failed to disclose his contacts as part of his security clearance application process, and he failed to correct the public record after President Trump and other White House officials repeatedly made public statements denying contacts between the Trump team and Russian officials, even after the scandal surrounding General Flynn,” the Members wrote. “Despite his multiple contacts with Russian officials and direct knowledge of General Flynn’s contacts, Mr. (June 21, 2017)-Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus requesting documents about the decision by White House officials to disregard longstanding security clearance protocols by allowing Senior Advisor Jared Kushner to continue accessing classified information after he failed to disclose multiple meetings with Russian officials-including at least one joined by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn at Trump Tower. Like Flynn, Kushner Failed to Disclose Meetings with Russians Oversight Dems Press the White House to Explain Why Kushner’s Clearance Has Not Been Suspended During Ongoing Investigation

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