Reported Talks by Jared Kushner With Russia Would Be "Good Thing," Trump Official Says

New York Times
May 28, 2017


WASHINGTON -- John F. Kelly, President Trump's homeland security secretary, on Sunday defended a reported effort by Jared Kushner, the president's embattled son-in-law and key advisor, to establish a secret channel with Russia during the transition, calling it "a good thing."

"Any information flow into the government and then considered by the government, I won't criticize that," Mr. Kelly said on ABC's "This Week."
"All of these lines of communication are a positive thing, in my opinion,"

Mr. Kelly's remarks came amid news that Mr. Kushner was a focus of investigations into possible collusion between Russia and Mr. Trump's associates during the campaign and transition, a development that has consumed an already-beleaguered White House.

The president, home again after a nine-day trip overseas, quickly turned his Twitter account back into a political weapon on Sunday, assailing what he called the
"fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media."

Mr. Trump's administration has been straining to contain the fallout from news reports that Mr. Kushner spoke in December with Russia's ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, about establishing a secret channel to Moscow to discuss the war in Syria and other matters.

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