@revelette1,
Anyone applying for a national security position / position requiring security clearance has to fill out the SF-86 form.
On the December 2010 revision (the most current revision I'm aware of), there are 127 pages. Sections 15-19 are all about
Foreign Contacts.
Here is the first question:
Do you have, or have you had, close and/or continuing contact with a foreign national within the last seven (7) years with whom you, or your spouse, or cohabitant are bound by affection, influence, common interests, and/or obligation?
After that, there are copious areas to fill out for detailing the dates, methods, and frequency of contact; and also the nature of the relationships.
Section 20 is about
Foreign Activities.
The first question:
Have you, your spouse, cohabitant, or dependent children EVER had any foreign financial interests (such as stocks, property, investments, bank accounts, ownership of corporate entities, corporate interests or businesses) in which you or they have direct control or direct ownership?
...followed by several pages to give the applicant opportunity to provide details.
There would be very little room for doubt about whether or not someone omitted information on this form. It is too detailed. It contains several warnings that providing false information or omitting information is a federal offense, and it lists the range of possible punishments.
All the tapdancing being done about whether or not Kushner was being honest on this form is just a bunch of hogwash.
He knows he lied. Just like Manafort, Just like Flynn.
We know he lied. All that remains is to find out if anyone is going to do anything about it.
