re: Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret channel with Kremlin

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would think its normal to set up secure communications between foreign nations where you can discuss sensitive material without fear of hacking

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There is nothing secure about using Russian equipment at the Russian embassy to talk to the Russians.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

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Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.

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This story makes so much more sense now:

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The Trump administration is exploring whether it can use an obscure ethics rule to undermine the special counsel investigation into ties between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia, two people familiar with White House thinking said on Friday.

Trump has said that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's hiring of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead the investigation "hurts our country terribly."

Within hours of Mueller's appointment on Wednesday, the White House began reviewing the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm’s clients for one year after their hiring, the sources said.

An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years.

Mueller's former law firm, WilmerHale, represents Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.

Legal experts said the ethics rule can be waived by the Justice Department, which appointed Mueller. He did not represent Kushner or Manafort directly at his former law firm.

If the department did not grant a waiver, Mueller would be barred from investigating Kushner or Manafort, and this could greatly diminish the scope of the probe, experts said.

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Reuters

Specifically, why the administration would be trying to use a rule that was originally implemented to prevent a special counsel from engaging in nepotism or cronyism. Showing leniency or favoritism toward someone their prior law firm may have had as a client.

Wild speculation at best! The dems have lost their damn minds. Any actual evidence?

Pray tell us about how Putin owns Trump. I call FOS til you give proof, and we both know there isn't any.

Loans.

double post

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Wild speculation at best! The dems have lost their damn minds. Any actual evidence?

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Its hard to know what amounts for evidence to people around here?

For some reason Rod Wheeler's now discredited anonymous source was a smoking gun by Trumpkins in Seth Rich threads. Still seems to be.

But two anonymous sources for Reuters are "fake news." Its a pretty bizarre charge to think Reuters would just make this up? Do they just pay people to spend their day flipping through obscure ethics rules to find some "fake news" to make up?

Did they then co-ordinate with the WaPo to build on this by reporting Kushner is under intensified scrutiny? Something the administration and Kushner have addressed publicly by claiming full co-operation?

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think Hillary's been updated on trump treason she's dropping some very specific info in speeches now

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remember when Hillary dropped some very specific tweets about Trump and Russian banks?

Good times