the president s son-in-law senior adviser jared kushner under scrutiny over undisclosed meetings he had with two russian officials back in december. also at the center of the controversy a meeting with a russian banker who represented a bank under u.s. sanctions. although he s not a direct target of the fbi investigation he s another white house staffer now caught up in the political turmoil in washington. reporter: this is the man jared kushner met with in december 2016. just a month after kushner s father-in-law, donald trump was elected president. his name is sergei gorgov, a russian banker. here s how the white house explained the nature of kushner s meeting with the
confirm that moscow was aware that kushner had made that reque request since this was an intercept of communication between kislyak and his superiors. she said she already answered my question, but said if we wanted to know more about kushner s political or business connections it would be worth looking to the middle east. we assume she s referring to a recent deal for saudi arabia to invest $20 billion in u.s. infrastructure, funneling that through the blackstone group an investment firm that has had ties to kushner s companies, which kushner ran before moving to the white house. this is very much in keeping over what we ve heard from the kremlin painting this as, you know, internal chaos in washington, having nothing to do with them. pointing out using that word mccarthyism that russia is being used by trump s opponents to hurt his administration and deflect attention away from
any idea what he ll say? reporter: he is expected to give a speech this afternoon here at an airbase on the sicilyian airbase. he has not taken any questions in any kind of press conference setting instead focusing on his foreign trip. he heads back to washington tonight. jeremy diamond, thank you for the update. we ll dig more into this breaking news. fbi s russia probe bringing in new controversy to the white house. jared kushner s relationship with two russian officials pulling him into the investigation. the implication for the president. more on that. we see wonder waiting. every step you take, narrows the influence of narrow minds. bridges continents and brings this world one step closer.