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Kislayak. it was kislayak that suggested kushner meet with the russian banker. the in fact that kushner did not mention these on his security clearance forms may be a topic of inquiry. when kushner wmet with gorkov h was talking about financing for a pricey manhattan real estate project. investigators will want to know what was said. >> i have a feeling that it related to financial issues, since it involved a russian bank. but to his credit, hes willing to testify on that issue, and i hope that ...

Remember that jared kushner is, what, in his 30s? >> hes 36. >> might have thought this was a good idea. >> michael flip was a former director of the defense intelligence agency, he had an enormous amount of experience, three-star general, an enormous amount of -- he was at that meeting in early december at donald trump tower as well. youre assuming that this was said in the presence of michael flynn. i dont know if i would make that assumption, michael flynn is the subject of a criminal investi...

Welcome back. im richard lui live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. were following three major developments in the russia investigation. first off, president trumps senior advisor and son-in-law jared kushner under fbi scrutiny. "the washington post" reporting that during the transition kushner sought a secret back channel to communicate directly with the kremlin. according to reports by reuters, the second development kushner had at least three contacts with russia during and following th...

Security clearance revocation. theres a very strong case that jared kushner may have committed a felony on his clearance form. what do you see as the sort of legal exposure here, paul? >> i think youre right, chris. this afternoon, jared kushner was a long way away from being prosecuted. now, this evening, i think hes about two steps away. hes probably a subject of the fbi special counsel investigation. why? because what was he trying to keep secret? thats the kind of thing that raises prosecuto...

Though jared kushner offered to answer senate intelligence committee questions about not only this meeting but another meeting he had with russian ambassador sergei kislyak that same month. it was kislyak that suggested kushner meet with the russian banker. the fact that kushner didnt mention either of the meetings on his white house security clearance forms may also be a topic of inquiry, he did rectify that a day after the omissions. theres concern the russian bank has been under sanctions sin...

A form federal prosecutor, a professor at georgetown law. to malcolms point about security clearance revocation. theres a very strong case that jared kushner may have committed a felony on his clearance form. what do you see as the sort of legal exposure here, paul? >> i think youre right, chris. this afternoon, jared kushner was a long way away from being prosecuted. now, this evening, i think hes about two accesteps away. hes probably a subject of the fbi special counsel investigation. why? be...

Counsel. but it needs to be successed out. because all of them hit it from their special security clearance forms which means they did not want the united states government to know their activities. that is the point, michael isikoff. meeting with an ambassador, if youre setting up a new government, youre the incoming administration, would seem rudimentary and mundane. youre going to meet with foreign officials, even if its the russian have. you ever heard of a situation where so many people wou...

Officials, whether they appropriately disclosed enough information on security clearance forms, it would be entirely within the realm of possibility that that persons clearance would be temporarily suspended while that investigation is ongoing. seems impossible or off the table in this case. frankly because he is donald trumps son-in-law. i do think we are seeing a vivid illustration of the pearrils of having family members in the west wing. >> we see confusing statements coming in from gary coh...

After this. we want to sit down and get his side of the story and be able to get the facts. >> is there any irony to you that michael flynn and donald trump, then candidate trump really condemned people who took the fifth? during the campaign they said that basically spelled guilt when they were referring to anybody who wanted to exercise that right as connected to hillary clintons e-mails. >> right. it is ironic obviously. we had about -- i dont remember the number now, nine or ten individuals ...

Rushds y russian officials and the trump administration. the justice department says attorney general jeff sessions did not disclose meetings with the russian ambassador last year on his security clearance forms. cnns joe johns live in washington. this comes down to, joe, who do you want to believe? sessions said they were told by legal experts they did not need to disclose the meetings. that is one interpretation. >> reporter: that is absolutely right. his critics say he should have known bette...