counterterrorism expert. carter page, ph.d.. carter page, ph.d.. that was candidate trump announcing to the washington post heditorial board advisers on presidential campaign. carter page as well, had multiple contacts with russian officials during the campaign and also turned out to turn up in indictment for russian spy ring run out of a bank called veb. same bank meeting with jared kushner in the transition in a meeting that jared kushner did not publicly disclose. now, the only reason we ever heard the name carter page, was because then presidential candidate donald trump bragged that a guy named carter page,
veb. same bank meeting with jared kushner in the transition in a meeting that jared kushner did not publicly disclose. only reason we ever heard the name carter page was because then presidential candidate donald trump bragged that a guy named carter page, ph.d. was one of his five foreign policy advisers for the campaign. but once we learned about his undisclosed contacts with russia in the campaign, parter cage? why are you saying this name? never heard of this person. one person, i don t think i ve ever spoken to him, met him, actual said a low level member of i think a committee for a short period of time, i don t think i ever met him. possible i walked into room and he was sitting there. i don t think i ever met him. i didn t talk to him ever. that s why it s coveted job to be foreign policy adviser to presidential candidate, you ll
foreign policy speech. so there s that. we also today got the third new different public explanation for why jared kushner met with a guy named sergey gorkov. the head of v.e.b. that s been sanctioned by the u.s. government. veb put out a statement saying they met with jared kushner during the presidential transition because he is the head of the kushner companies. it is a very important real estate firm. of course that s why they wanted to meet with him. the white house explained, no no no, that was not. it. the white house statement was that the reason jared kushner met with sergey gorkov from the sanctioned bank was as part of his responsibilities as a transition official. he was doing diplomacy with a bank. today we had a third reason. explanation for why that meeting took place. jared kushner himself said he took the meeting to be nice to the russian ambassador and
named sur day gore cove. veb put out a statement saying they met with jared kushner during the presidential transition because he is the head of the kushner companies. it is a very important real estate firm. of course that s why they wanted to meet with him. the white house explained, no no no, that was not. the white house statement was that the rn jared kushner met with sergey gorkov. today we had a third reason. jared kushner himself said he took the meeting to be nice to the russian ambassador and because he really did want to set up a direct line of communication with vladimir putin. and this guy said he was friendly with vladimir putin. i don t know if that s supposed to make us feel better or worse
secure back channel to moscow. after that, at kislyak s request, he mate with sergei gorokhov. kushner says that meeting lasted about 20 minutes. he said it was only about relationship building as part of his role in the transition and no personal business was discussed. that contradicts a statement from veb that said this meeting was about kushner s business. clearly in this 11-page statement, jared kushner is painting the picture that the contacts with russians during the campaign and the transition were meaningless and insignificant in his view. back to you, alisyn. pamela, so much to parse in this 11-page statement. thank you for diving in and analyzing all that for us. there are mixed messages from the white house on whether the president supports another big story, event that will be happening this week, the bipartisan bill in congress that would punish russia for