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 kushner s 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, his attorney says that the wikileaks question is a gotcha question. he adds that, quote, in over six hours of voluntary testimony mr. kushner answered all questions put to him and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between the campaign and russia. and lowell, by the way, also disputes the judiciary committee s letter accusing kushner of not turning over documents. he also says that the senate judiciary committee should ask other congressional committees for their transcripts of their
contacts and, again, you know, there is some feeling from folks, from investigators on the hill, from senators, that he just has not been forthcoming and now they re obviously raising more questions and asking him to comply with their request. so the real discrepancy here is forwarding an e-mail where there is wikileaks contacts is different or at least that s the interpretation of jared kushner and his attorney than actually engaging in a back and forth contact with wikileaks. is that what is at issue here? yeah, that s correct. his lawyer says it was sort of a trick question, right, it s a gotcha question. the question is whether he himself had ever had any contact with wikileaks. as we know, you know, that was not the case. it was donald trump jr. who had some direct messages on twitter with wikileaks, you know, they had asked him for some information and there was a brief exchange. he then at some point forwarded an e-mail talking about these
has not been forthcoming, and this is some of what he said, that this is a classic gotcha question, as it relates to the wikileaks question that the judiciary committee has for kushner. mr. kushner was asked if he had contacts with wikileaks, guccifer or d.c. leaks and he said no. he also said during the time at the campaign, he himself did not have any contact with wikileaks. also the lawyer continues to say that from all i have now, seeing his statement is accurate then as it is now and in over six hours of voluntary testimony, mr. kushner answered all questions put to him by the committee and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between the campaign and russia. now, fred, this, again, you know, obviously puts kushner in the spotlight. he s had some other issues with his security clearance forms, not revealing additional foreign
himself. there was a public letter sent to kushner s lawyer saying he failed to turn over information that they knew existed. the wikileaks question is a gotcha question. in over six hours of voluntary testimony, mr. kushner answered all questions put to him and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between the campaign and russia. also says that the senate judiciary committee should ask other congressional committees for the transcripts of their kushner interviews and that they should ask the white house for other documents. evan paris, cnn, washington. evan, thank for the reporting. you re watching cnn newsroom. still ahead, lebanon s former prime minister is on the move. what s next and why he s
attorney says that the wikileaks is a gotcha question, he adds in over six hours of voluntary testimony, mr. kushner answered all questions put to him and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between the campaign and russia. and lowell also says that kushner complied with the document request. they should ask other congressional committees for the transcripts of their kushner interviews and that they should ask the white house for additional documents. don. evan perez, thank you so much. i want to bring in now cnn national analysis. good evening one and all, we learned tonight that jared kushner testified he had not communicated with wikileaks and did not recall anyone on the trump campaign who had. yeah, at some point, i don t know what the number is, but they do not recall i do not recall becomes a lie.