Kushner reportedly sought back-channel to Kremlin

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27 May, 2017

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and now top White House adviser Jared Kushner proposed setting up a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team during a December meeting with a leading Russian diplomat.

Kushner attorney Jamie Gorelick says Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about the meetings.

The lead Senate committee investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election has requested information and documents from President Donald Trump's campaign.

Investigators believe Mr Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials told NBC News.

The White House in March confirmed that Kushner and the ousted national security adviser, Michael Flynn, met with Kislyak at Trump Tower in December.

The paper said the proposal was made December 1 or 2 at Trump Tower in NY, according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials.

The FBI and the oversight committee - as well as several other congressional panels - are looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

It covers materials such as emails, phone records and documents dating to Trump's first days as a candidate in July 2015.

The lawmaker, who announced last week that he will leave Congress on June 30, said he and Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, both spoke with Comey.

He added, in a thinly veiled threat, "I trust and hope you understand this and make the right decision - to produce these documents to the committee immediately and on a voluntary basis". He canceled a hearing scheduled Wednesday after Comey declined to testify.

On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation sent a letter saying it is still evaluating the request in light of former Federal Bureau of Investigation director Robert Mueller's appointment as special counsel in the case.

Kushner is the only person now in the White House known to be under investigation.


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