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By JO BECKER, MATTHEW ROSENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN
March 27, 2017
Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner, President Trumps 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 Counsels 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, which took place during the transition, included a previously unreported sit-down with the head of Russias 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. Kislyaks request, Mr. Kushner later met with Sergey N. Gorkov, the chief of Vnesheconombank, which the United States placed on its sanctions list 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 occurred and portraying them as routine diplomatic encounters that went nowhere. But Mr. Gorkov, who previously served as deputy chairman of the board at Sberbank, Russias largest state-owned bank, said in a statement issued by his bank that he met with Mr. Kushner in his capacity as the then-chief executive of Kushner Companies, his familys sprawling real estate empire.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/us/politics/senate-jared-kushner-russia.amp.html
Holy. Shit.
womanofthehills
(8,661 posts)Laura Rozen? @lrozen 8h8 hours ago
please someone ask about whether Jared Kushner was aware Russian banker he met with graduated from FSB academy https://www.sberbank.ru/en/about/about_sberbank/sb_management/board_members/sgorkov
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Sergey N. Gorkov was born on December 1, 1968, in the Orenburg Oblast.
In 1994, he graduated from the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia with a specialization in Law. In 2002, he graduated from the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics with a specialization in Finance & Credit.
In 1994-1997, he was Deputy Head and Head of the HR Department at Menatep Bank.
From 1997 to 2005, he held senior positions at the HR departments of Yukos and Yukos Moscow oil companies.
Since 2008, he has been Director of the HR Policy Department of Sberbank of Russia.
In October 2010, he was appointed as a member of the Executive Board and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank. Supervises and coordinates the work of the International Operations Unit.
He has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd class and the Certificate of Honour of the Government of the Russian Federation.
https://www.sberbank.ru/en/about/about_sberbank/sb_management/board_members/sgorkov
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)This is getting interesting.
womanofthehills
(8,661 posts)Louise Mensch?Verified account @LouiseMensch
Oh my God,
Are Jared Kushner / Gorkov on an intercept - because SVB Bank is a target of the #FISA warrant?
Link to tweet
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)Quicksand!
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)womanofthehills
(8,661 posts)orangecrush
(19,430 posts)Wow.
Thanks!
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)Thank you so much, this needs exposure...
"
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Sergey N. Gorkov was born on December 1, 1968, in the Orenburg Oblast.
In 1994, he graduated from the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia with a specialization in Law. In 2002, he graduated from the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics with a specialization in Finance & Credit.
In 1994-1997, he was Deputy Head and Head of the HR Department at Menatep Bank.
From 1997 to 2005, he held senior positions at the HR departments of Yukos and Yukos Moscow oil companies.
Since 2008, he has been Director of the HR Policy Department of Sberbank of Russia.
In October 2010, he was appointed as a member of the Executive Board and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank. Supervises and coordinates the work of the International Operations Unit.
He has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd class and the Certificate of Honour of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Sberbank Group WebsiteAboutPress-Center"
Holy sheep balls.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)can't even keep up..
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)Is tightening.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)I recall that when Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner, and Carter Page had offered to testify before the committee a week ago, their offer was not based on their agreeing to provide testimony under oath under penalty of perjury. Who would want their testimony if not under oath?
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)May be prepared to do so. (?)