No date has been set for Kushner to testify before either the House or Senate Intelligence Committees, but his lawyer has repeatedly said Kushner is willing to speak with lawmakers about his meetings with Russian officials. In the course of negotiations the parties discussed the business practices applied by foreign development banks, as well as most promising business lines and sectors.
Senator Patrick Leahy and Representatives John Conyers and Zoe Lofgren, in the nine-page letter dated Thursday and sent to Kushner Companies President Laurent Morali, asked for details about the company's controversial May road show in China, where the developer offered investors a chance to get US visas under the EB-5 program if they put money in a project in New Jersey, One Journal Square.
In a Thursday letter to Kushner Companies President Laurent Morali, Sen.
Also on the Russian Federation front: "Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russian Federation, is expanding his probe to assume control of a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, three sources told Reuters".
"The roadshow meetings devoted to Vnesheconombank's Strategy 2021 were held with representatives of major U.S. banks and business circles, including the CEO of Kushner Companies Mr. Jared Kushner".
Kushner resigned from running his family's real estate company when he took an official White House job, but did not divest from it. "No other White House - no business, except maybe a wholly owned and rather tawdry and occasionally bankrupt casino operation - would be run this way".
Nikki Haley admits that Trump believes the 'climate is changing'
It may be years, however, before the country can formally exit the deal, but Trump said he'll immediately halt implementation. Tapper replied and said that the standards Haley was referring to were set by the United States and not by other countries.
The news website Politico called Kushner the White House's " lead distraction" following what is being seen as Trump's mostly successful first foreign trip, which featured a stopover in Israel.
"Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings".
But investigators are interested in learning more about Kushner's interaction with Gorkov, sources told CNN.
"The [Russia-US] bilateral relations have fallen victim to internal political fighting in this country [the US] and I am saddened to see that the sacrifice is so readily made", the diplomat told reporters in NY.
ABC News' Matthew Mosk contributed reporting from Washington, D.C.
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