Washington – Mueller Probing Kushner’s Contacts With Israeli Officials Over Bid To Stop UN Anti-settlement Vote

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    Senior adviser Jared Kushner accompanied by his wife Ivanka Trump, his daughter Arabella and son Joseph participate in the 70th National Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Washington – U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators are questioning Jared Kushner’s contacts with Israeli officials during the presidential transition over a United Nations resolution that condemned Israeli settlement construction.

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    The investigators have asked witnesses about the involvement of Kushner, a senior White House adviser and the Jewish son-in-law of President Donald Trump, in discussions with foreign leaders in an attempt to block the UN Security Council resolution which passed 14-0 on Dec. 23, 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday. The United States withheld its veto and abstained from voting on the resolution, which called Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation of international law” that damage the prospects of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    The questions have come as part of Mueller’s probe of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.

    Israeli officials had asked the incoming Trump administration to intervene to help block the Security Council’s late December vote, according to the Wall Street Journal.

    Trump discussed the resolution in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, whose government had drafted a version of the resolution, according to the Journal. Following the conversation Egypt called for the vote to be delayed, but the resolution passed a day later.

    Israeli officials reached out to Trump transition leaders such as Kushner, as well as chief strategist Steve Bannon, to stop the resolution, the Journal reported citing unnamed people briefed on the discussions.

    The sources said that Mueller’s investigators have asked about Kushner’s role in arranging meetings or communication with foreign leaders during the transition, part of his broad mandate to examine issues that come up during the Russia investigation, according to the Journal.

    Kushner is being investigated for omitting foreign contacts from his application to obtain a security clearance. He has since updated the form to include more than 100 contacts with more than 20 countries, according to the newspaper, and has not yet received his security clearance.


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    6 years ago

    This muller thing is getting out of hand . Yes for our safety certain hidden back channel discussions need to be had . And that’s true for our ally Israel . Every Jew should stand up against this muller harassment and demand a stop to this witch hunt immediately. And what this has to do with the ruskies boggles me .

    Lest someone ask well why didn’t Jared at least disclose it . You know the answer to that . If he discloses it the fat mouth boycott Israel nuts at the failing nyt would make a tzimus about this . It was a safety issue and this should disturb all Jews . Time to dump muller

    JaredKusherIzSorosPartner
    JaredKusherIzSorosPartner
    6 years ago

    How can a TRump confidant, adviser and son-in-law

    and be so involved with international matters

    yet still doesn’t have a security clearance?

    Because of his blatant lying and perjury on federal forms?

    Or because of his financial ties to George Soros?

    That could be treasonous!

    That is YUGE!!!

    Believe me.

    6 years ago

    “And what this [Jared Kushner] has to do with the ruskies boggles me. It’s the same thing that Monica Lewinsky had to do with Whitewater, which is what Kenneth Starr was originally appointed to investigate. Once a special prosecutor is appointed, he can go wherever he chooses. It’s the risk you take.

    ayinglefunadorf
    ayinglefunadorf
    6 years ago

    Please continue reading. 250000000 That is the amount George Soros invested with Kushner. 250.000.000 is HUGE. ( I hope he is not going to sit, he is a Yid)