Lawyer: Kushner 'has no recollection' of reported undisclosed Russian contacts
Source: Politico
By CRISTIANO LIMA 05/26/2017 11:08 PM EDT
Top presidential adviser Jared Kushners legal team pushed back Friday night against a report that the White House senior adviser and Trump son-in-law had at least three undisclosed contacts with a Russian ambassador during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, saying he had no recollection of the alleged exchanges.
"Mr. Kushner participated in thousands of calls in this time period. He has no recollection of the calls as described, Kushners lawyer Jamie Gorelick told POLITICO in a statement, responding to a Reuters report about Kushner's contacts with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.
We have asked (Reuters) for the dates of such alleged calls so we may look into it and respond, but we have not received such information," Gorelick added. But Kushner's legal team was silent about other reports that President Donald Trump's son-in-law sought to establish a secret line of communications with the Kremlin. The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the reports.
According to Reuters, Kushner held at least two phone calls between April and November of last year with Kislyak, whos represented Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington since 2008.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/26/jared-kushner-russian-contacts-238877
catbyte
(34,372 posts)PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Towlie
(5,324 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)If it's the NSA then there are tapes.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)He'll have several years to contemplate those meetings. In the end, they'll be more memorable than anything he ever did in his life.
tonybgood
(218 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)with contacts with foreign government officials. I assume Jared could get a copy of his phone records to help figure it out. Also, one can logically assume that before the campaign he wasn't meeting and talking with Russian ambassadors and such, these would stand out. He could have at least remembered that he did speak with some Russian dignitaries.
As we know this is total bullshite!
Hold Jared Kushner, Carter Page, Jeff Sessions, Mike Flynn and the rest to the same standards as everyone else and revoke their security clearances!!!!
shraby
(21,946 posts)Then he will have quite a few years to remember what he forgot.
BumRushDaShow
(128,840 posts)because you were talking to someone(s) being monitored. There is a record. Which you obviously figured out at some point since you were trying to get off those monitored "channels" and set up a "back channel".
George II
(67,782 posts)lastlib
(23,208 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)lastlib
(23,208 posts)Mm-HMM....
But he distinctly remembers the version that actually happened, until he's facing an inquiry with criminal charges........
SCRUBDASHRUB
(7,252 posts)crosinski
(411 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,278 posts)At least Kushner is smart enough to listen to his lawyer.
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)But I'm sure Jared was just really busy during that time and totally forgot about talking to the guy....
Baitball Blogger
(46,699 posts)FarPoint
(12,336 posts)I have s bad feeling about the ease Jared and lawyer are presenting selves...
Baitball Blogger
(46,699 posts)This may be all they have. We still don't know what the Feds can bring to the table to help refresh his memory. It's up to "reasonable minds" to determine if they believe his side of the story.
yemenpres1
(6 posts)Russia accused the US and NATO of "covering up their own support for terrorists, primarily ISIS militants" in Afghanistan.
more: http://www.yemenpress.org/middle-east/moscow-accuses-us-of-supporting-isis-in-afghanistan.html
Greensix1
(67 posts)How stupid is Kushner if can't remember talking to the Russian Ambassador, THREE TIMES in one year?? Three times. It's not like you can't remember talking to your friend about the Yankees while on a three day drinking binge. This is about talking to one of the most dangerous people to America in the whole world. Like having a phone call to Satan. And, he can't remember it?? What a lying sack of shit. No wonder why he gets along with Donny Peepee so well. They are both cut from the same cloth. I can see why Ivanka chose him, because he's just like her father, completely dishonest. I wonder if he enjoys golden showers with hookers when she's not around? I'm betting, YES!
tomp
(9,512 posts)....from people who have worked with him, that he is as malignantly narcissistic as his father in law, i.e., a mean-ass, selfish, greedy son of a bitch. These are seriously disturbed people.
and yeah..."I can't recall," is not gonna fly.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)yemenpres1
(6 posts)Lawyer: Kushner 'has no recollection' of reported undisclosed Russian contacts1
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)She was a top Justice Department official in the Clinton Administration and a big player in Bill's campaign.
I realize she's in the private sector now, but why take on this scumbag as a client?
Ligyron
(7,627 posts)The SS Trump has been leaking like a Russian hooker.
jrthin
(4,835 posts)Sancho
(9,067 posts)he can look at his deposit records and try to remember why he got that big check!
No phone call required.
Turbineguy
(37,317 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)Just wonderin' . . . . .
Chemisse
(30,809 posts)You're going to have to think up something better than that, Jared!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)that jarhead has a particularly vacuous look, so now it all makes sense.
FSogol
(45,473 posts)mn9driver
(4,423 posts)Kushner will be going to jail. Hopefully he will take Trump with him.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)All in the family
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)mbusby
(823 posts)Watergate, 2017...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,671 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)"You'll have to be more specific."
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,173 posts)Yeah, right.
Botany
(70,489 posts).... into the back door of Trump tower.
That's it go for the Sargent Schultz defense.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)Maybe this isn't it, but I fully expect some BIG BREAKING NEWS STORY to come out about one of Trumps accomplices...undeniable proof of Trumps collusion! Instead it will be a WH leaked fake setup, but it will be just too damn tempting for the MSM to ignore. Like Rather's story, it will be played as headlines for a few days until suddenly, out of nowhere, some top GOP officials will announce that its all bullshit and will provide the real facts showing how false the original story was.
Then its not as big a leap to convince enough voters that the whole investigation is a sham and based on nothing. At the very least it will sow doubt and get the GOP through 2018. I hope the MSM does not fall for false flags like that.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Voltaire2
(13,008 posts)It's a great defense. Prisons will be emptying out.
Manson: I have no recollection of ordering my family to slaughter innocents. Fair enough, here's your pardon Charlie.
pecosbob
(7,536 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,293 posts)was being told "Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire."