Our partners and allies as well as our adversies . I think mr. Trump has to be very disciplined in terms of what he says publicly, he is going to be in a few days time the most powerful person in the world in terms of sitting on top of the United States government and i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have positive impact or undercutting. Do you think he understands the threat from russia . I dont think he has a fuel appreciation of russian capabilities and russias intentions and actions that theyre undertaking around the world and thats the responsibility of Intelligence Community is. He doesnt appear to be backing away from his feud with john lewis. The democrats are angry, with all of the jobs i am bringing back to the nation, we have to start making things here again win. Also today, Vice President mike pence coming to the defense of his boss donald trump after congressman lewis suggested he wasnt a legitimately elected president. For someone of
To shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. According to the post, ambassador kislyak said kushner suggested using russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications and reportedly kislyak was taken aback by the suggestion of allowing an american to use Russian Communications gear at its embassy or consulate. A proposal that would have carried security risks for moscow as well as the trump team. So it appears that Jared Kushner met with the Russian Ambassador in secret, reportedly to set up a back channel possibly in russian diplomatic facilities. Kushner then omitted this meeting on his sf86 security clrance form. And when he was called on it months later in april of this year, his lawyers called it an error. But if kislyaks account is accurate, how likely is it that Jared Kushner just forgot about a cloak and dagger meeting with a Foreign Agent to set up a secret back channel . How likely is it that his omission of that meeting to u. S. Officia
It says, Jared Kushner and russias ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of seth up a secret and of setting up a secret and secure Communications Channel between trumps Transition Team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. The post quotes u. S. Officials briefed on this intelligence. This story means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels, and u. S. Know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador reporting back home to moscow along with the surprise, apparently, that the kremlin had been invited in so close, potentially, to the Trump White House. As the post reports it, quote, ambassador Sergey Kislyak reportedly was taken aback by the suggestion of allowing an american to use Russian Communications gear at its embassy or consulate, a proposal that would have carried security risks for moscow as well as the trump team.
The west. This is whats happening. Were following the latest developments on the russia investigations, these big new headlines involving President Trumps soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner. Here they are. The Washington Post saying the Russian Ambassador told moscow kushner wanted secret communications with the kremlin. Reuters, trumps soninlaw had undisclosed contacts with russian envoy. The Washington Post back again with another huge headline, Senate Intelligence Committee Requests Trump Campaign documents. What the committee wants are russiarelated documents including emails and phone records dating back to the start of the pain almost two years ago in 2015. The white house isnt responding to our calls for comment on this. However, Jared Kushners personal attorney gave us a statement on the reuters report, specifically regarding undisclosed contacts with russia saying, in part part, plchlt kushner participated in thousands of calls in this time period. He has no recollectio
In fact, ill be able to talk to a member of the House Intel Committee about what comes next. But our top story tonight is the even bigger story in the Washington Post. The headline, Russian Ambassador told moscow that Kushner Wanted Secret Communications Channel with kremlin. Were just going to read here for you the first few paragraphs of this reporting because it is quite remarkable. Jared kushner and russias ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure Communications Channel between trumps Transition Team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. Reading from the post, ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in moscow that kushner made the proposal in a meetindecember 1st or 2nd at trump tower, according to intercepts of Russian Communications reviewed by u. S. Officials. This meeting also attended by Michael Flynn, trumps First National secu