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Communication with fired national security adviser michael flynn, the clearance forms, campaign contacts with wikileaks, and a russian back door roefl to connect vladimir putin with the campaign, an idea, by the way, that kushner reject. his attorney pushes back against those accusations. >> in my communications with the senate judiciary committee i said take these documents and let's talk about it. they jumped the gun. any perception that mr. kushner has been anything of not only cooperative. he's the hero. he said there should be no contact with tporbl officials or foreign entities. that's w...

Is distant tofoot falls that wi land in the rotunda. they are both was implicated by this latest dispute. the greater the threat that the president will do something dramatic to try to short circuit this inquiry. then we are back to this question we asked all year. if it comes to that, are republicans in congress willing to defend this investigation reappointing robert mueller or so forth? because these are the kinds of questions that implicate that issue. >> look, it's not to ascribe any kind of illegality. this is the high bar. you have to show someone involved, whether kushner or someone el...

>> we're told that investigators asked witnesses about whether kushner played any role in firing of comey. some seize he was driver of the decision and others he didn't oppose it, something the president had made up his mind about, intent to do it. sources closer to the white house say based on what they know, kushner is not target of the investigation. >> how significant is this? >> mueller's team asking questions about kushner is a sign that investigators are reaching into the inner circle of the president, extending well beyond the 2016 campaign actions taken at white house level, highest l...

Have asked witnesses about whether kushner played any role in the firing of comey. and we've heard different accounts from sources the some say kushner was a driver of the president's decision. others simply say that he didn't oppose it and that it was something that the president had already made up his mind about, that he was intent on doing this. now, sources close to the white house say that based on what they know, anderson, kushner is not a target of this investigation. >> so how significant is this? >> well, you know, mueller's team asking questions about kushner is a sign that investig...

But he had close confidants around him at all times. his secretary. his security agents. his children. his son-in-law. and each of them will be asked to give their account of what was said and those stories should all match up. >> to the point of the obstruction case, is it your understanding from your reporting as well that kushner was a key adviser close to the president, advocating for comey to be fired? >> yes. it's our understanding that that's the case. and keep in mind, chris, that here are these lawyers, they were debating whether kushner should be removed from the white house in june ...