LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday [7-24-17] he ‘did not collude’ with Russia, as he prepared to appear before a Senate panel probing alleged Russian meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election.
Kushner said in a statement before the closed-door hearing that he had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.
He also said his initial security clearance form had been submitted prematurely in error and had omitted all foreign contacts.
‘I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government,’ Kushner said in the written statement. ‘I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector.’ “
-Jeff Mason and Patricia Zengerle, “‘I did not collude’: Trump son-in-law Kushner on Russia,” Reuters, July 23, 2017 10:02pm