. ivanka trump and her security clearance facing new scrutiny this morning. 22 house democrats calling on the fbi to review her security questionnaire. why? joining sus is germany diamod at the white house. tell us about in letter. congressman don buyers is leading a group of 22 how democrats calling on the fbi to review ivanka trump s security clearance for potential omissions what they re talking about here is omissions with regards to foreign contacts. with the security application form, the sf-86 asks for people to list contacts with foreign government is, and officials and the contacts of their immediate family in ivanka trump s case, that includes jared kushner and don trump jr.
the camp has said, perhaps they were naive. they didn t realize they should have gone to higher authorities, that s a very tough explanation for anyone to digest. right. but as you look at them, in legal terms, where might legal jeopardy lie with respect to each. you have to distinguish who is a government employee. and under certain obligations and who is not. so kushner is a government employee. and he has an obligation to be truthful and all the submissions he makes to the government with respect to his security clearances or otherwise. and the absence of this meeting and other meetings on his security application form, the sf-86 form potentially puts him in danger of being charged with being untruthful to a government agent. and that s a five-year felony. trump junior is not a government employee. and so he has no forms to fill out and therefore he has no