Donald trump and Jared Kushner
Two close to the President of the United States Donald Trump in contact with the Russian Ambassador to the USA Sergey Kislyak. This was announced at the White House, the content of the statement reports The Independent.
Among who spoke with the Russian diplomatic representative was former national security Advisor, Michael Flynn and son-in-law trump Jared Kushner. “They were just talking about relationships, and it was quite logical to establish a line of communication. Jared met with representatives of more than two dozen countries, with diplomats and heads of state,” said hope Hicks, responsible for strategic communications White House employee.
According to him, the meeting Flynn and Kouchner Kislyak was held in December at the tower “trump tower” in new York city and lasted 20 minutes.
Flynn resigned on February 14, he lost the confidence of the President after he misled Vice-President Mike Pence regarding the content of their talks with the Russian Ambassador.
February 9, WP reported that Flynn in December 2016 discussed with the dubious anti-Russian sanctions. Advisor trump tried to persuade Russia “not to overreact” in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the outgoing President Barack Obama. However, he made it clear that after the inauguration of the trump Moscow and Washington will be able to discuss the revision of restrictions.
In January it became known that Flynn and Kislyak five times and talked on the phone 29 Dec — the day of the introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions by the Obama administration. Then the U.S. authorities took the decision within 72 hours 35 to expel Russian diplomats, as well as close access to two objects used by them. The White house claim that such measures were “a response to the oppression of the American diplomatic representatives in Moscow from the Russian authorities.”