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BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 06:25 AM Jul 2017

Kushner: No additional contacts with Russians

Source: CNN

(CNN) Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law and senior adviser, said in a statement Monday to the Senate and House intelligence committees that he had no additional contacts with individuals who were or may have been Russian government representatives, beyond those that have already been publicly disclosed.

In an 11-page statement released Monday ahead of his closed-door interview with Senate intelligence committee staff, Kushner offers his first public accounting of what he says are his four meetings with Russians during the 2016 campaign and transition, offering previously undisclosed details of those meetings. Kushner insists in the letter that he discussed nothing improper during those meetings, which include two encounters with the Russian ambassador in Washington, a meeting with the head of a Russian state-owned bank and the June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer and others that was set up by Kushner's brother-in-law, Donald Trump Jr.

"I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government," Kushner says in the statement. "I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector. I have tried to be fully transparent with regard to the filing of my SF-86 form, above and beyond what is required. Hopefully, this puts these matters to rest."

Kushner also disputes a Reuters report claiming he had two phone calls between April and November 2016 with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, explaining that he has no recollection of those calls and a "comprehensive review of my land line and cell phone records from the time does not reveal those calls."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/jared-kushner-russians-statement/index.html



Jared Kushner's statement on Russia

We know it's more lies.

NY Times -

‘I Did Not Collude,’ Kushner Says in Prepared Remarks to Senators

By MATT APUZZO and MAGGIE HABERMAN JULY 24, 2017

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, said Monday that he had been unaware that a June 2016 meeting he attended at Trump Tower was set up in hopes that a Russian lawyer would provide the Trump campaign with damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

In prepared remarks to congressional investigators released by Mr. Kushner’s representatives on Monday morning, Mr. Kushner said he arrived to the meeting late, and was so uninterested in the discussion that he emailed his assistant to ask for her help escaping the meeting.

Mr. Kushner, who is to give his statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday, said he went to the meeting at the request of the president’s eldest son, Donald J. Trump Jr. Mr. Kushner said he did not read an email forwarded by the younger Mr. Trump saying that the Russian government was providing dirt about Mrs. Clinton as part of its effort to help the Trump campaign.

In his prepared remarks, Mr. Kushner gave his first public explanation of his contacts with Russian government officials and other Kremlin-connected people over the past year. He acknowledged that after the November election he sought a direct line of communication to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. He characterized it as a routine part of his job establishing foreign contacts for Mr. Trump’s transition team.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/jared-kushner-russia-senate.html
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Kushner: No additional contacts with Russians (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 OP
I Did Not Collude, Kushner Says in Prepared Remarks to Senators Botany Jul 2017 #1
Well he thinks his money-laundering is "different" BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #2
My take on this is that the June 2016 was about the following: Botany Jul 2017 #3
It's pretty much exactly what is going on BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #5
Kushner "forgot" about the billion dollar "loan" too Botany Jul 2017 #7
Yup BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #8
Pay me Botany Jul 2017 #24
Pay me BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #26
Senators!! ask about CHINA. Sunlei Jul 2017 #33
Kushner will make statement to Senate Intel underthematrix Jul 2017 #4
If this is an "interview" BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #6
Nope. Senate Intel said none of the interviews will underthematrix Jul 2017 #9
But there would be a catch BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #13
Lying to Congress means lying under oath underthematrix Jul 2017 #14
That's not what the formal federal prosecutor said in that quote BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #15
It can still be used against him, like a statement to police. grantcart Jul 2017 #34
'I Did Not Collude, rpannier Jul 2017 #10
where's that nixon video Sunlei Jul 2017 #22
Here csziggy Jul 2017 #31
YAY, come on Donald & kids! say it, "I"M NOT A CROOK" "I'VE EARNED EVERYTHING" Sunlei Jul 2017 #32
"I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector." A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2017 #11
Chinese funds? Sunlei Jul 2017 #23
Well, i believe there are plenty of Russian funds, but A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2017 #36
He was only doing business (no colluding involved) with representatives of a hostile foreign power. Ford_Prefect Jul 2017 #12
I'd Trust Jared Fogle Before Kushner Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #16
Kushner has other Russian partnerships too neohippie Jul 2017 #17
That statment guaranteees that there were more contacts. Nitram Jul 2017 #18
Maybe Ivanka Scarsdale Jul 2017 #19
One wonders. She is the only one who is not implicated. So far. Nitram Jul 2017 #21
Chinese funds for his collusion. selling time share-condos for visas. Sunlei Jul 2017 #20
He lied about it before... Trust him now? keithbvadu2 Jul 2017 #25
It would seem this interview is a waste of time if Kushner INdemo Jul 2017 #27
See post #13 BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #28
He didn't read the email from trump jr.?? Then how did he know about the meeting he attended? George II Jul 2017 #29
once a bullshitter always a bullshitter. nt Javaman Jul 2017 #30
K&R! halobeam Jul 2017 #35
Jared is now submitting his SF-86 on a dry erase board. The_jackalope Jul 2017 #37
Bullshit. truthisfreedom Jul 2017 #38
If he said that, then there were surely more. WhiteTara Jul 2017 #39

Botany

(70,281 posts)
3. My take on this is that the June 2016 was about the following:
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 06:40 AM
Jul 2017

Russia would help to hack our elections in return for letting the
money laundering of Russian mob money to continue and that
a future Trump administrtation would drop the charges against
Prevezon holdings.

And that the Russians lent money to Kushner and Trump so they
could buy the NYC real estate which the Russian mob would use
to launder their money along w/getting their hooks into Trump
and Kushner.

BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
5. It's pretty much exactly what is going on
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 06:44 AM
Jul 2017

AND you should add that Drumpf would work to get rid of the sanctions, weaken NATO, and probably eventually pull some of our defenses out of the countries rimming Russia.

BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
6. If this is an "interview"
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 06:46 AM
Jul 2017

he may still have to sign some document that is equivalent to an "oath" - i.e., one of those "under penalty for perjury". Only guessing on that...

BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
13. But there would be a catch
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:25 AM
Jul 2017
Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors

By Devlin Barrett July 23 at 6:25 PM

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Some lawyers not involved in the case expressed surprise that, given the potential legal pitfalls of the criminal investigation, Kushner or any other Trump advisers would take the risk of talking to Congress, given that such statements could be used against them later by criminal prosecutors.

“It’s a very difficult tightrope to walk,’’ said Justin Dillon, a former federal prosecutor now in private practice. “He has to balance the political fallout from taking the Fifth Amendment with the potential criminal fallout of talking.’’

Dillon predicted anything Kushner tells the committee will be shared with Mueller.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/kushner-to-face-intel-committee-on-monday-behind-closed-doors/2017/07/23/7ce6525c-6fbd-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
14. Lying to Congress means lying under oath
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:41 AM
Jul 2017

Kushner will not be interviewed under oath and it will be a closed session.

Nothing he says matters until he's willing to #SayItUnderOath

BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
15. That's not what the formal federal prosecutor said in that quote
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:46 AM
Jul 2017

mainly because what can happen is that he eventually DOES testify "under oath" (in the formal sense, including if requested to do a deposition) and then this statement gets compared to whatever he says later and the discrepancies will nail him.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
32. YAY, come on Donald & kids! say it, "I"M NOT A CROOK" "I'VE EARNED EVERYTHING"
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:44 AM
Jul 2017

Thanks, I needed that

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)
11. "I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector."
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:04 AM
Jul 2017

Which is NOT the same as saying "I have not received any Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector."

"relied on" is open to plenty of interpretations, which is why he and his lawyers carefully chose those words.

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)
36. Well, i believe there are plenty of Russian funds, but
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 02:20 PM
Jul 2017

when he says he didn't "rely" on them, first, why not just say he didn't receive ANY Russian funds? Why say "relied"? It's obfuscating. If i asked you to lend me a million, and you said no, or we never even discussed loans, i wouldn't say i didn't "rely" on you for the money, i'd say you didn't lend me a penny, period. Again, it's a lawyer's word to obfuscate and finagle the mind.

Ford_Prefect

(7,817 posts)
12. He was only doing business (no colluding involved) with representatives of a hostile foreign power.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:09 AM
Jul 2017

Someone needs to tell him it is for the courts who determine what collusion is or is not.

Based on the evidence thus far I think Kushner needs to clear his calendar since he has a lot more testifying yet to do.

neohippie

(1,142 posts)
17. Kushner has other Russian partnerships too
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:55 AM
Jul 2017

Kushner is lying he has business partners with other Russian oligarchs tied to the Russian mafia too

For example his company Cadre.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/17/1635092/-Follow-the-Money-Wilbur-Kushner-Cadre-and-Russia

In Cadre a real estate company that has foreign investment including Yuri Milner a Russian billioinaire who is heavily invested in the US tech sector that has Russian mob ties

A growing New York investment shop that primarily provides joint-venture equity is aiming to fund more than $1 billion of commercial real estate purchases in the coming year.

Cadre, launched two years ago by Ryan Williams and brothers Jared and Josh Kushner, supplies equity to investors that have lined up acquisitions. Using a $250 million capital commitment from an unidentified family office, the firm typically provides equity up front, then syndicates the deal to a stable of pre-approved investors.

Those investors include nearly 200 wealthy individuals and institutions. All go through a vetting process to qualify for access to the firm’s web-based platform, where they can choose to participate in any of Cadre’s individual deals.

[...]

Cadre, formed in November 2014, has attracted some $70 million in venture capital from backers including Alibaba chairman Jack Ma, Goldman, Founders Fund of San Francisco, General Catalyst Partners of Cambridge, Mass., Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and New York REIT SL Green.




Interesting that Milner is a high stake owner in Facebook, Zynga (Facebook games) Spotify, AirBNB, Groupon, Slack, Digital Sky Technologies, and much more


https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/3286-facebook-are-you-interfacing-with-the-russian-mafia--kgb

More on Milner



https://www.wired.com/2011/10/mf_milner/


Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
20. Chinese funds for his collusion. selling time share-condos for visas.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:08 AM
Jul 2017

Daddy and Republican party do the Russian collusions.

BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
28. See post #13
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:07 AM
Jul 2017

He can get nailed for inconsistencies if he has to give a deposition or other testimony in the future... And since he and Flynn and Manafort (and others) are at the center of Mueller's investigation, he will be doing plenty of future testifying. I.e., Congress can't really deal with criminal stuff but Mueller's team can.

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
37. Jared is now submitting his SF-86 on a dry erase board.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 03:02 PM
Jul 2017

"I did not have corrupt relations with that country!"

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