AOC tears into Jared Kushner: ‘What’s next, putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs?’

“I mean really, what’s next, putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs? This is ridiculous,” she added.

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Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism comes after Kushner’s lawyer admitted last month that his client used the messaging app to send and receive messages as a part of his official White House duties, including communicating with people outside of the United States.

Kushner’s actions led to criticism that he acted outside of White House policy which dictates that official systems must be used for communications except in extreme situations.

Ocasio-Cortez condemned the Trump administration for not cooperating with the committee’s investigation.

“We need to get to the bottom of this,” she said. “And in order to do that, we need to issue subpoenas because people in this administration are not cooperating.”

House Democrats convened the meeting after a security office employee for the White House stepped forward to inform the committee that the administration had overrode dozens of security clearance denials.

Kushner’s security clearance was reportedly approved even after objections from a career staff.

Kushner was asked about the White House security clearance controversy in a Fox News interview that aired Monday night, to which he said all the “crazy” accusations against him have proven false.

Earlier in the committee meeting, Rep. Jim Jordan R-Ohio, complained about the politicization of the hearing saying “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Jordan later tweeted: “This is not how the Oversight Committee is supposed to operate.”