After meeting with Senate investigators, Jared Kushner insists: ‘I did not collude with Russia’
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Jared Kushner released a statement before meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee staffers on Monday. Kushner says the June, 2016 meeting with a Russian-American lawyer was such a “waste of time,” he had his assistant call him out. (July 24)
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WASHINGTON – After speaking with Senate Intelligence Committee staff members investigating Russia’s interference in the presidential election, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner insisted Monday he did nothing wrong and wants to get on with his White House duties.
“Let me be very clear: I did not collude with Russia, nor do IÂ know of anyone else in the campaign who did so,” Kushner during a brief statement outside the White House.
After meeting for more than two hours with staff from one of several congressional panels investigating possible collusion between Trump associates and Russians who sought to influence the election in favor of his father-in-law, Kushner claimed he has been “fully transparent.”
In an 11-page written statement issued hours before the meeting, which took place behind closed doors, Kushner said he had four contacts with Russians during the campaign and transition and that none of them were improper.
He also said he attended the June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer arranged by Donald Trump Jr., but he said he did not read emails that showed the president’s eldest son accepted the meeting with the idea that he would receive damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
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Kushner also denied that Russians financed some of his business interests in the private sector.
Some senators were not pleased with Kushner’s appearance before committee staff Monday, and want him to come back for formal and public testimony before the full committee.
Intelligence Committee member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on Kushner to testify in public under oath, and said his written statement raised more questions about his relationships with Russians.
The White House senior adviser “has repeatedly concealed information about his personal finances and meetings with foreign officials,” Wyden said. “There should be no presumption that he is telling the whole truth in this statement.â€
At the very least, said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Va., the transcript from Kushner’s meeting with staff members should be made public. “Make everything as transparent as possible,” Manchin told reporters.
Shortly after Kushner left the hearing room, a protester tried to hand him a Russian flag and asked him to sign it. Kushner appeared to chuckle at the request.
Back at the White House, Kushner made his statement at a podium affixed with the White House seal, placed in front of the West Wing – an unusual set-up for a staff member.
On Tuesday, Kushner will  talk privately to members of the House Intelligence Committee, another panel investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election by hacking Democrats close to candidate Hillary Clinton.
A special counsel is also investigating Russia’s interference and possible collusion with Trump associates – including the controversial meeting in Trump Tower attended by Kushner, Trump Jr and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.Â
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Kushner, 36, is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka. During last year’s presidential campaign he was in charge of Trump’s digital strategy, but he has since evolved into one of the president’s closest senior aides, with projects that range from Middle East peace talks to veteran affairs.
His work “has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime,” Kushner said during his brief White House statement.
He appeared to question the need for all the Russia investigations, At one point, Kushner said raising questions about Russian election activity “ridicules” people who voted for Trump.
“Donald Trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign, and that is why he won,” he said. Suggesting otherwise ridicules those who voted for him.”
While Kushner said in the statement that he had “nothing to hide,” emails released earlier this month showed that Kushner took part in a meeting Trump Jr. accepted at Trump Tower at least in part with a view to obtaining information about Clinton. But Kushner said he never saw those emails until recently shown them by his lawyers.
“That email was on top of a long back and forth that I did not read at the time,” Kushner said in the statement. “As I did with most emails when I was working remotely, I quickly reviewed on my iPhone the relevant message that the meeting would occur at 4:00 PM at his office.” Kushner said that during the meeting he emailed his assistant to call him as an excuse to get out of the meeting because it was such a “waste of time.”
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secret communications back-channel between the White House and Moscow. Instead, according to Kushner, Kislyak was exploring ways for his “generals” to convey useful information about the war in Syria.
“General Flynn or I explained there were no such lines,” Kushner said, referring to Trump’s former national security adviser who resigned over contacts he had with Russia before Trump took office. “I did not suggest an ongoing secret form of communication for then or for when the administration took office,” Kushner added.Â
Trump Jr. and Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, are also due to testify this week behind closed doors before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“As the phony Russian Witch Hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, Democrats and Russians!” Trump tweeted over the weekend.
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