Trump to name son-in-law Jared Kushner as senior adviser
Jared Kushner, President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law, is set to join the new administration as a special adviser to the president, Trump aides said Monday. Such a move raises questions about how Trump will avoid anti-nepotism laws aimed at keeping presidential relatives from working for the government. Ref. USAToday.
Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner now a focus in Russia investigation: sources
Investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and related matters, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Kushner, who held meetings in December with the Russian ambassador and a banker from Moscow, is being investigated because of the extent and nature of his interactions with the Russians, the people said. Ref. Source 7g.
From what I heard on the news, Kushner is being talked to as a witness. He is not actually under investigation himself. I note that these articles tend to either leave that out or bury it deep in the article… and the headlines are so misleading. They almost gleefully misrepresent the news so they can hobble this administration. They are not doing right by the country. They need to report, not editorialize.
Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin. Jared Kushner and Russia's ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Donald Trump's transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. Officials briefed on intelligence reports. Ref. Source 9h.
The opinion would be damning except for one huge difference between Mr. Kushner and Ms Clinton. Her server was proven and is an established fact. The whole case against him is circumstantial based on some anonymous letter at the WaPo that they refuse to reveal. Furthermore, there are sources that dispute the letter who claim to have been in the room. They claim this was something the Russians offered, not President's Trump's team sought. Big difference there.