They colluded but didn't think they would actually win.

In his letter, Mr. Lowell said the “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” consisted of a list of “biographies of various people covering many pages where there is a reference to one of these people suggesting an idea that somewhere, sometime (before the words ‘Russia’ or ‘Putin’ were (as) politically charged or relevant in the campaign), someone thought candidate Trump should visit Russia.” Mr. Lowell said Mr. Kushner rebuffed the request and wasn’t involved in any direct contact with that individual.

NBC News reported Friday that the Russia-linked individual in the email was Aleksander Torshin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who wanted to meet with a top Trump campaign official during a National Rifle Association convention and suggested he had a message for Mr. Trump from Mr. Putin. Mr. Torshin didn’t meet with Mr. Trump at the NRA convention but went to a dinner there that was also attended by Donald Trump Jr., Bloomberg has reported.

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