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In honor of Kushner’s claim he knew nothing about the June 9 meeting going in, here’s a moment from the Mueller report that shows how unbelievable that is: axios.com/jared-kushner-…
Volume one, page 108: In late April 2016, Dmitri Simes, who “personally has many contacts with current and former Russian government officials,” specifically warned Kushner against meeting with Russians. justice.gov/storage/report… 
According to the report, both of them recall a conversation where “Simes raised the issue of Russian contacts with Kushner, advised that it was bad optics for the campaign to develop hidden Russian contacts …” justice.gov/storage/report…
“… and told Kushner both that the Campaign should not highlight Russia as an issue and should handle any contacts with Russians with care.” That conversation happened more than a month before the June 9 meeting. justice.gov/storage/report…
But wait—there’s more! Check out the footnote: In mid-May, he rejected an offer to set up a meeting between Trump and Putin, because he couldn’t “verify” that the source really had “special access.” justice.gov/storage/report…
So before June 9, Kushner was warned against taking meetings with Russians, because that might look fishy, and turned down a meeting with Russians, because it seemed fishy.
Kushner now claims that, three weeks later, he took a meeting with Russians without even reading an email’s subject line, and didn’t think it was at all fishy, even when Don Jr. kicked it off by asking them for dirt and they offered it. feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/…
And that’s all before we factor in the several different ways the Trump campaign was already aware of Russian interference that should’ve set off all kinds of alarm bells. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
Kushner's playing dumb to cover up his role in the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia. To learn more about that role, check out his page on our interactive timeline: themoscowproject.org/players/jaredk…
And for the full story of Trump and Russia, check out our podcast #TheAsset, where we break down everything from Trump's corrupt business relationships with the Kremlin to how they colluded in the 2016 election: theassetpodcast.org
