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Senate Committee to Question Jared Kushner Over Meetings With Russians
By JO BECKER, MATTHEW ROSENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN
MARCH 27, 2017
Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner, President Trump’s
son-
in-law and a close adviser, as part of their broad inquiry into ties between
Trump associates and Russian officials or others linked to the Kremlin,
according to administration and congressional officials.
The White House Counsel’s Office was informed this month that the
Senate
Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the
2016 presidential election, wanted to question Mr. Kushner about meetings he
arranged with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, according to the
government officials. The meetings included a previously unreported sit-down
with the head of Russia’s state-owned development bank.
Until now, the White House had acknowledged only an early December meeting
between Mr. Kislyak and Mr. Kushner, which occurred at Trump Tower and was
also attended by Michael T. Flynn, who would briefly serve as the national
security adviser.
Later that month, though, Mr. Kislyak requested a second meeting, which Mr.
Kushner asked a deputy to attend in his stead, officials said. At Mr.
Kislyak’s request, Mr. Kushner later met with Sergey N. Gorkov, the
chief
of Vnesheconombank, which drew sanctions from the Obama administration after
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia annexed Crimea and began meddling in
Ukraine.
A White House spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, confirmed those meetings, saying in
an interview that nothing of consequence was discussed and that they went
nowhere. Mr. Gorkov, who previously served as deputy chairman of the board
at Sberbank, Russia’s largest state-owned bank, could not be reached
for
comment.
Members of presidential transition teams routinely meet with foreign
officials, and there is nothing inherently improper about sitting down with
the Russian ambassador. Part of Mr. Kushner’s role during the campaign
and
the transition was to serve as a chief conduit to foreign governments and
officials, and Ms. Hicks said he met with dozens of officials from a wide
range of countries.
She added that Mr. Kushner was willing to talk to Senate investigators about
the meetings with Mr. Kislyak and the banker, saying, “He isn’t
trying to
hide anything.”
Still, meetings between Trump associates and Russian officials or others
linked to Mr. Putin are now of heightened interest as several congressional
committees and F.B.I. investigators try to determine the scope of the
Russian intervention in the election and links between Russians and anyone
around Mr. Trump. |
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