Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms -
By JO BECKER and MATTHEW ROSENBERGAPRIL 6, 2017
When Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, sought the top-secret security clearance
that would give him access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets, he was required to disclose all encounters with foreign government officials over the last seven years.
Jamie Gorelick, Mr. Kushner’s lawyer, said that the questionnaire was submitted prematurely on Jan. 18, and
that the next day, Mr. Kushner’s office told the F. B.I.
Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump’s first national security adviser, had his security clearance suspended
and was fired for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the content of phone calls with the Russian ambassador during the transition.
The Senate Intelligence Committee informed the White House weeks ago that, as part of its inquiry, it planned to question Mr. Kushner about the meetings
he arranged with Mr. Kislyak, including the one with Sergey N. Gorkov, a graduate of Russia’s spy school who now heads Vnesheconombank.
While officials can lose access to intelligence, or worse, for failing to disclose foreign contacts, the forms are often amended to address lapses.
Mr. Kushner’s aides said he was compiling that material and would share it when the F. B.I.
