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Source: Associated Press
By VIVIAN SALAMA
Today
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps son-in-law and now top White House adviser Jared Kushner proposed a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team during a December meeting with a leading Russian diplomat.
Kushner spoke with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about creating that line of communication to facilitate sensitive discussions aimed at exploring the incoming administrations options with Russia as it was developing its Syria policy, according to a person familiar with the discussions who spoke with The Associated Press.
The intent was to connect Trumps chief national security adviser at the time, Michael Flynn, with Russian military leaders, said this person, who wasnt authorized to publicly discuss private policy deliberations and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Russia, a pivotal player in Syria, has backed Syrian President Bashar Assad, often at the expense of civilians during a long civil war.
The White House did not acknowledge the meeting or Kushners attendance until March. At the time, a White House official dismissed it as a brief courtesy meeting.
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)So it's his spin. And NYT and Reuters knows it
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)There would be no reason to set up such a "back channel" using Russian Embassy communication ( so as to hide it from US Intel) just to discuss Syria cooperation. It was well known that Trump wanted to cooperate with Russia in fighting ISIS in Syria... even to the point of accepting the Russian position on Syrian leadership.
Kablooie
(18,632 posts)Washington Post National Editor Scott Wilson revealed why his newspaper took a pass on the same story: We talked to these people too. We would not publish their account unless we could signal they were speaking for Kushner. They refused.
mopinko
(70,096 posts)bullshit in russian?
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)The Trumps are pretty hamfisted with their coverups.
Plus, isn't there taped evidence at the NSA?