Good evening from headquarters in new york. Breaking news heading into the memorial day weekend. Another bomb shell story from the wraush post. Lets quote from the paper. The post quotes u. S. Officials briefed on this intelligence, this story means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels and u. S. Officials know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador reporting back home to moscow along with the surprise apparently that the kremlin had been invited in so close potentially to the trump white house. As the post reported quote casey cizkas rgey kislyak. The White House Traveling over seas did not comment on this story as of yet. There was a second report in the Washington Post that says the Senate Intelligence committee is going after everything asking the Trump Organization to turnover quote all of this as we wrap up day 127 of the Trump Administration the president prepares to head home from his first trip over seas, kushne
Tonights reuters report also notes fbi investigators are examining whether russians suggested to kushner or other trump aides that relaxing economic sanctions would allow russian banks to offer financing to people with ties to trump, said the current u. S. Law enforcement official. Who was a source for that article. Joining us now is jonathan landay, the reuters reporter who has just broken this story. Jonathan, this is a story coming on top of an earlier story tonight by the Washington Post. But tonight its all about Jared Kushner. Its all about how much contact did he have with russian officials, and what has reuters learned . So weve learned there were at least three calls between Jared Kushner and the Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Two of them before the election, and there were contacts after the election. Not only between mr. Kushner and mr. Kislyak, but also President Trumps former National Security adviser general Michael Flynn. We learned and we reported this last week abo
Administrations dont get a head start. Welcome back to a. M. Joy. Now that donald trump landed back state side after his nine country world tour, hes experiencing a bit of political turbulence. This week the russia investigation got its second wind or third or fourth. Honestly, its easy to lose count at this point. When news broke that Jared Kushner had asked Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about creating a secret channel of communication between the Trump Transition Team and russia, with kushner officially a person of interest in the investigation and the white house setting up a warroom to combat the endless russiagate news, what happens next . Joining me tnow to discuss this mindboggling week in washington, congresswoman Maxine Waters. Congresswoman, good morning, first of all. Good morning. I should say hello. This morning on meet the press john kelly who is the director of heland security was asked to respond to what people are calling a backchannel. I dont know if its a real ba
Russian banks to allow financing to people with ties to trump, said the current Law Enforcement official who was a source for the article. Joining us is jonathan, the reuters reporter who just broke the story. This is a story coming on top of an earlier story. Tonight, its all about Jared Kushner and how much contact did he have with russian officials and what has reuters learned . We learned at least three calls between Jared Kushner and the Russian Ambassador. Two of them before the election and there were contacts after the election not only between mr. Kushner and President Trumps former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. We reported this last week about mr. Flynn and his conversations after the election centered on setting up a back channel between President Trump and president putin that would have circumvented u. S. National security agencies because neither side trusted them. We learned that mr. Kushner was also part of those discussions. That was reported by the Washing
York. The breaking news we have been covering on this friday night, heading into the memorial day weekend, another bombshell story in the Washington Post. Lets quote right from the paper. It says, Jared Kushner and russias ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of seth up a secret and of setting up a secret and secure Communications Channel between trumps Transition Team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. The post quotes u. S. Officials briefed on this intelligence. This story means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels, and u. S. Officials know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador reporting back home to moscow along with the surprise, apparently, that the kremlin had been invited in so close, potentially, to the Trump White House. As the post reports it, quote, ambassador Sergey Kislyak reportedly was taken ab