Guardian: Jared Kushner confirms Russia meetings but insists - 'I did not collude' - Jul. 24, 2017

Guardian: Jared Kushner confirms Russia meetings but insists – ‘I did not collude’

Published July 24, 2017 at 7:40 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 23, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump's senior advisor Jared Kushner during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, made a pre-inauguration proposal to the Russian ambassador to set up a secret, bug-proof communications line with the Kremlin, the Washington Post reported Friday evening, May 26, 2017. Kushner, then and now a close adviser to Trump, went so far as to suggest using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States to protect such a channel from being monitored, the Post said, quoting US officials briefed on intelligence reports. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX

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Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has insisted he “did not collude” with Russia during the presidential election, and dismissed the significance of a meeting with Donald Trump Jr and a Russian lawyer.

In an 11-page statement released early on July 24 in the run-up to his appearance before the Senate intelligence committee, Kushner claims he had four contacts with Russian officials during the presidential election and transition, but says they were part of his role as a Trump campaign point man for foreign governments.