Michael Flynn. Kushner. Now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. They all met with Russian officials at some point, and CNN and the New York Times, respectively, have reported that Sessions and Kushner did not disclose their meetings with Russians on their security-clearance forms. A security clearance is required before a person can be privy to the nation‘s top secrets. Other members of Trump‘s campaign already had deep ties to Russia, among them former campaign manager Paul Manafort and adviser Carter Page.