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Trump son-in-law Kushner: I did not collude with Russia
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, answered questions from senate investigators for hours behind closed doors on Monday, acknowledging four meetings with Russians during and after Trump’s victorious White House bid and insisting he had “nothing to hide”.
He emerged smiling to publicly declare, “All of my actions were proper.”
Kushner, a quiet insider who avoids the spotlight, was the first top Trump lieutenant to be quizzed by the congressional investigators probing Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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The wealthy developer-turned-presidential adviser spoke privately with staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and will return to talk to the House intelligence panel on Tuesday.
“Let me be very clear,” Kushner said afterwards in a rare public statement at the White House. “I did not collude with Russia, nor do I know of anyone else in the campaign who did so.”
Trump watched on TV as Kushner made his appearance outside the West Wing and “thought Jared did a great job,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She said his House testimony on Tuesday would show “what a hoax this entire thing is.”
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