AP source: Kushner back channel with Russia involved Syria

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

AP source: Kushner back channel with Russia involved Syria

By VIVIAN SALAMA
Today

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and now top White House adviser Jared Kushner proposed a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team during a December meeting with a leading Russian diplomat.

Kushner spoke with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about creating that line of communication to facilitate sensitive discussions aimed at exploring the incoming administration’s options with Russia as it was developing its Syria policy, according to a person familiar with the discussions who spoke with The Associated Press.

The intent was to connect Trump’s chief national security adviser at the time, Michael Flynn, with Russian military leaders, said this person, who wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss private policy deliberations and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Russia, a pivotal player in Syria, has backed Syrian President Bashar Assad, often at the expense of civilians during a long civil war.

The White House did not acknowledge the meeting or Kushner’s attendance until March. At the time, a White House official dismissed it as a brief courtesy meeting.

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[bettyellen]

1. WaPo wouldnt publish because it came from this eclose to Jared and they didn't want that revealed..

So it's his spin. And NYT and Reuters knows it

[lapfog_1]

2. This could easily be disinformation

There would be no reason to set up such a "back channel" using Russian Embassy communication ( so as to hide it from US Intel) just to discuss Syria cooperation. It was well known that Trump wanted to cooperate with Russia in fighting ISIS in Syria... even to the point of accepting the Russian position on Syrian leadership.

[Kablooie]

3. Ummm... no...

Washington Post National Editor Scott Wilson revealed why his newspaper took a pass on the same story: “We talked to these ‘people’ too. We would not publish their account unless we could signal they were speaking for Kushner. They refused.”

[mopinko]

4. how do you say

bullshit in russian?

[C_U_L8R]

5. This is bullshit, right

The Trumps are pretty hamfisted with their coverups.

Plus, isn't there taped evidence at the NSA?