White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said Tuesday the investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election 'had a much harder impact on our democracy' than what Russia actually did.
with Donald Trump Jr. and campaign Chairman Paul Manafort when a Kremlin-connected lawyer offered dirt on rival Hilary Clinton's campaign. But Kushner said he texted an aide to get him out of the meeting because he found it unhelpful.
“The notion of what they were doing didn't even register to us as being impactful,” he said. “When the whole notion of the Russian collusion narrative came up, I was the first person to say, ‘I'm happy to participate with any investigations.’ I thought the whole thing was kind of nonsense, to be honest with you.”
“Great interview by Jared,” the president wrote. “Nice to have extraordinarily smart people serving our Country!”
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