ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida introduced a pair of amendments aimed at stripping White House senior adviser Jared Kushner of his security clearance into a 2018 appropriations bill that were voted down Thursday [7-13-17].
The amendments came as Kushner found himself under renewed scrutiny after his participation in a June 2016 meeting that involved Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower was revealed.
Wasserman Schultz’s amendments, which did not make it through the Republican-controlled Appropriations Committee, received 22 yes votes and 30 no tallies. The text of the amendments was provided to Business Insider prior to their introduction.
‘None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to issue, renew, or maintain a security clearance for any individual in a position in the Executive Office of the President who is under a criminal investigation by a federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government,’ read first amendment from Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee.”
-Allan Smith, “Debbie Wasserman Schultz tries to strip Jared Kushner of his security clearance,” Business Insider, July 13, 2017