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Jared Kushner Focus of FBI Russia Probe; DNC Calls for Suspension of Security Clearance<\/b><\/p>\n

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Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is a key\u00a0focus of the FBI\u2019s probe into the Trump campaign\u2019s contacts with Russia and the DNC is calling for his security clearance to be suspended.<\/p>\n

The Hill reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI\u2019s Russia investigation reached Trump\u2019s backyard, and now it\u2019s in his house,\u201d DNC deputy communications director Adrienne Watson said in a statement Thursday. \u201cKushner\u2019s security clearance should be suspended until the FBI\u2019s findings are complete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigators are focusing on meetings held by Kushner after Trump was elected, the Washington Post<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In early December, Kushner met in New York with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, and he later sent a deputy to meet with Kislyak. Flynn was also present at the early-December meeting, and later that month, Flynn held a call<\/a> with Kislyak to discuss U.S.-imposed sanctions against Russia. Flynn initially mischaracterized the conversation, even to Vice President Pence \u2014 ultimately prompting his ouster from the White House.<\/p>\n

Kushner also met in December with Sergey Gorkov, the head of Vnesheconombank, which has been the subject of U.S. sanctions following Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea and its support of separatists in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

In addition to the December meetings, a former senior intelligence official said FBI agents had been looking closely at earlier exchanges between Trump associates and the Russians dating to the spring of 2016, including one at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Kushner and Kislyak \u2014 along with close Trump adviser and current attorney general Jeff Sessions \u2014 were present at an April 2016 event at the Mayflower<\/a> where then-candidate Trump promised in a speech to seek better relations with Russia. It is unclear whether Kushner and Kislyak interacted there.<\/p>\n

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