25 July,2017 02:49 PM IST | Washington | Agencies
Trump's son-in-law releases statement before testimony saying there was no collusion
Donald Trump and White House adviser Jared Kushner. Pic/AFP
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is denying that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia, saying in a statement ahead of congressional interviews that he has "nothing to hide".
The 11-page statement details four contacts with Russians during Trump's campaign and transition. Kushner plans to deliver it during closed-door meetings with investigators on the Senate and House intelligence panels this week.
"I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government," Kushner said. In it, he also details a June 2016 meeting with a Russian-American lawyer and says that Trump Jr. invited him to it. He says he arrived late and when he heard the lawyer discussing the issue of adoptions, he realised it was a waste of time and texted his assistant to call him out.
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