Initially it sounds pretty bad that Kushner had to amend his security clearance form twice to include meeting a lot of Russians that he failed to mention when he first filed. Kushner claims that a staffer accidentally hit the "send" button before the form was finished. His lawyers informed to government the next day that Kushner would amend his form. That doesn't sound so bad. But...
...the form was sent in January and Kushner only sent in the amendment that included the Russian contacts in May. In the meantime Kushner was issued a temporary high level security classification. Probably not coincidentally, the amendment came when the press started reporting on the meetings Kushner had with Russians.
And there's the problem of the supposedly comprehensive amendment to the form not including the meeting at Trump Tower with the Russian lawyer. I'm sure he is going to plead ignorance about who she was and didn't understand why he was at the meeting and that's why he didn't include it in the amendment.
It all reeks of BS to me. I think there is a good chance that Kushner's plan all along was to submit the form that was incomplete and his lawyers probably had the notification of future amendment already written up. (Some staffer "accidentally" hit the send button on a form that Kushner had signed long before it was complete? Nah.) That way he could get the security clearance and get tapped into the intelligence network right away without chancing that his past Russian contacts would be enough to keep him out.
Why would he want deep access to the intelligence network? I doubt he is a direct Russian spy, but it did give him a way to find out what the intelligence agencies are up to that might affect Trump or his associates - including Kushner himself.
I guess I'm drifting into conspiracy territory here but I am not sure what these guys are doing is coherent enough to be called a conspiracy. Some of this post is speculative, I'll admit. But I am getting more and more convinced that Kushner is and has been up to really shady stuff. I'm sure Mueller has been scanning with a wide angle lens, as he should, but I'm sure that as he scans there are certain areas where he is planting bullseyes to more closely target. I'll bet Mueller has a bullseye on Kushner and its getting bigger by the day.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2017 04:35PM by Ted King.