denied, later confirmed after they were uncovered. the letter directly confronts kushner s security clearance. it is unclear why mr. kushner continues to have access to classified information while these allegations are being investigated. and breaking just in the past hour from the pages the new york times is this. the white house is quietly lobbying house republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the senate last week that would slap tough new sanctions on russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and allow congress 0 block neg future move by president trump to lift any penalties against moscow. a lot to talk about. sometimes you have to lawyer up and so we have two lawyers joining our conversation tonight. a 25-year veteran federal prosecutor joyce advance is back with us. she spent almost eight years as a u.s. attorney, among the first
letter to white house chief of staff reince bre bus requesting nefgs about the security clearances of michael flynn, the president s son-in-law jared kushner and other white house officials. the letter goes on to detail jared kushner s multiple meetings with russian officials, meetings that at first were denied, later confirmed after they were uncovered. the letter directly confronts kushner s security clearance. it is unclear why mr. kushner continues to have access to classified information while these allegations are being investigated. and breaking just in the past hour from the pages the new york times is this. the white house is quietly lobbying house republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the senate last week that would slap tough new sanctions on russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and allow congress 0 block neg future move by president trump to lift any penalties against