NYT: Senate Intel Committee To Interview Kushner For Russia Probe

Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, listens during a county sheriff listening session with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tues... Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, listens during a county sheriff listening session with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. The Trump administration will return to court Tuesday to argue it has broad authority over national security and to demand reinstatement of a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries that stranded refugees, triggered protests and handed the young government its first crucial test. Credit: Andrew Harrer / Pool via CNP - NO WIRE SERVICE- Photo by: Andrew Harrer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has told the White House that it wants to interview adviser Jared Kushner about meetings he attended with Russian officials as part of the committee’s investigation into ties between Russia and campaign aides to President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported Monday morning, citing unnamed officials in the administration and Congress.

It had previously been reported that Kushner attended a December meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and former national security adviser to Trump, Michael Flynn.

The New York Times confirmed in its Monday report that Kushner attended an additional meeting with another Russian official. Later in December, Kislyak asked Kushner for another meeting, and Kushner sent a deputy in his place, per the New York Times.

Kushner then met with Sergey N. Gorkov, the chief of a Russian state-owned bank, Vnesheconombank, in December after Kislyak asked Kushner to meet with Gorkov, the Times reported. White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks confirmed the meetings to the New York Times.

Hicks said that Kushner met with several foreign officials during the campaign and the transition and that he was willing to talk to the Senate committee.

“He isn’t trying to hide anything,” she told the Times.

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  1. “He isn’t trying to hide anything” --Hope Hicks

    So, can we see HIS tax returns, then?

  2. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Oh no Brer Fox. Please, I say please! Please don’t throw me in the Senate Intelligence Committee.

  3. Lock him up! Lock him up!

  4. He’ll agree to testify as soon as Nunes illegally breifs him on what the questions will be.

  5. I want that entire corrupt family to go down. I know it’ll never happen but, I really want them all busted, bankrupted and put in jail.

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