Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn approached the Russian ambassador about setting up a secret, secure channel to the Kremlin. Kushner’s idea? Make it super-secure by just having members of the Trump regime walk straight into the Russian embassy and call Putin from there. Hey, just a thought.
Campaign ActionKislyak was reportedly "taken aback" by the proposition of a U.S. administration using communications lines at a Russian embassy. In other words, this was so off the wall, reckless, and unusual that Kislyak—Kislyak!—was thrown by it.
But Kushner didn’t stop with the Russian ambassador. In his quest to find the perfect communications channel, he also drummed up a meeting with Vnesheconombank head Sergey Gorkov. Vnesheconombank was under sanctions, and though Gorkov is pals with Putin, it seems remarkably odd that Kushner would think lining up a meeting with the head of an outlaw bank would be the best way to arrange a clandestine red telephone. So … why? Why meet with Gorkovv?
Federal and congressional investigators are now examining what exactly Mr. Kushner and the Russian banker, Sergey N. Gorkov, wanted from each other. The banker is a close associate of Mr. Putin, but he has not been known to play a diplomatic role for the Russian leader. That has raised questions about why he was meeting with Mr. Kushner at a crucial moment in the presidential transition, according to current and former officials familiar with the investigations.
In addition to helping set up a communications channel, Gorkov would certainly have appreciated the opportunity to get in a request to lift the sanctions against his bank. But what would Kusher want with a Russian banker? As it turns out, there’s a good answer to that one.
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