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Have heard from abbe lowell on this. the strategy is to show that he is trying to be cooperative with the letters and the bipartisan letter sent from the senate judiciary committee accusing kushner. i felt like it was time to fight back. they have been frustrated by some of the leaks and this is why they did this and this was an opportunity to show that he is trying to be cooperative. >> help us with the context. this was not about the ton tact with wikileaks or the backdoor overture. >> right. ...

Wikileaks. jared kusher forwarded that e-mail on. then jared kushner testified he did not recall whether or not anyone in the campaign had communicated with wikileaks. so what is the kushner camp saying about this tonight? >> reporter: well, abbe lowell, kushners attorney, calls this a, quote, classic gotcha question. he says, in part of his statement, in over six hours of voluntary testimony mr. kushner answered all questions put to him and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between ...

What this latest revelation does, don, is it turns up the pressure for kushner to go back to capitol hill for more interviews and to explain himself. we heard yesterday from the leaders of the senate judiciary committee who sent a public letter to kushners lawyer saying that kushner had failed to turn over documents that they know exist, and that includes information about wikileaks, don. >> so what about kushner and his camp? are they responding? what are they saying? >> they are. abbey lowell,...

What this latest revelation does, don, is it turns up the pressure for kushner to go back to capitol hill for more interviews and to explain himself. we heard yesterday from the leaders of the senate judiciary committee who sent a public letter to kushners lawyer saying that kushner had failed to turn over documents that they know exist, and that includes information about wikileaks, don. >> so what about kushner and his camp? are they responding? what are they saying? >> they are. abbey lowell,...

Kushner to go back to capitol hill for more interviews and to explain himself. we heard from the leaders the senate judiciary committee who sent a public letter to kushners lawyers who say kushner failed to turn over documents that they know exist. and kushners attorney said the wikileaks question is a gotcha question. he adds that, quote, in over six hours of voluntary testimony, mr. kushner answered auld questions put to him and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between the campaig...

Team is not completely happy with the voluntary cooperate arrangement and wanted to issue this demand. >> okay then, so jared kushners attorney could say all day long weve sent you over 20,000 documents but if the ones with the juice in them are missing, theyre the ones that count. isnt that the case here? >> thats exactly right. now youre talking about the jared kushner documents. you know, interestingly, a letter went out yesterday from the senate judiciary committee. not only the democrat but...

Accusation that kushner had been making campaign contributions using names of his employees, so co-skirt the federal contribution limits. what makes this so interesting is that the man prosecuting kushner was then u.s. attorney for new jersey, chris christie. >> investigation has surrounded potential charges of federal criminal tax violations and violations of the federal campaign contribution laws. >> but there is a different and almost shakespearean dynamic. charles kushners sound is jared, iv...

Ivankas husband. charles kushner, a democrat, often donated to democratic candidates. in 2002, his brother and his accountant filed lawsuits against kushner alleging financial irregularities. accusing kushner of evading federal limits on campaign contributions. kushner struck a deal agreeing to pay more than $500,000 in fines to the federal election commission. he admitted using the name of employees for contributions. he said he defrauded the irs by claiming charitable contributions as business...