Report: Kushner Discussed Setting Up Secret Communications With Russia
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak told the Kremlin that Jared Kushner had discussed setting up a secret means of communicating directly, using Russian facilities, according to the Washington Post.
Updated at 10:09 p.m. ET
Jared Kushner discussed the possibility of Trump's transition team secretly communicating with the Kremlin, the Washington Post reports. Kushner, the president's son-in-law and adviser, spoke with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak in early December of last year about setting up a "secure communications channel ... using Russian diplomatic facilities" in the U.S., according to the report.
Intercepts of Russian communications reportedly found that Kislyak told his superiors about the cites "U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports." NPR has not independently confirmed the report.
