All of a sudden anonymous sources are going to be VERY popular – when they defend Trump, that is. In this case, Fox News says an anonymous source tells them that it wasn’t Jared Kushner that asked for a “back door” communications channel for the Russians.
A December meeting between Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of the senior advisers in the Trump administration, and Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak at Trump Tower focused on Syria, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Monday.
During the meeting the Russians broached the idea of using a secure line between the Trump administration and Russia, not Kushner, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News. That follows a recent report from The Washington Post alleging that Kushner wanted to develop a secure, private line with Russia.
The idea of a permanent back channel was never discussed, according to the source. Instead, only a one-off for a call about Syria was raised in the conversation.
In addition, the source told Fox News the December meeting focused on Russia’s contention that the Obama administration’s policy on Syria was deeply flawed.
Uhmm.. their source randomly added that the Russians insisted Obama’s foreign policy sucked? Yeah I think I know what toupee’d orange-faced leaker might have been their source…
In any case, the source said Kushner is willing and eager to discuss the issue with Congress – we’d all love to see that!