washington president donald trump son-in-law jar kushner emerge behind scenes monday tell senate investigators part kremlin attempt meddle u.s. election despite meet russians four time last year action proper occur normal course events unique campaign kushner late tell reporters outside white house collude russia know anyone else campaign do kushner 36 senior white house adviser meet senate intelligence committee staff behind close doors two hours two source knowledge kushner tell say session pleasant conversational 11-page write statement kushner make public meet real estate businessman portray new politics become top adviser trump 2016 campaign letter full account date contact russian officials businessman marry trump eldest daughter ivanka trump kushner rarely speak public since father-in-law launch presidential campaign mid-2015 person seek spotlight write letter trump prevail democratic rival hillary clinton november 2016 run smart campaign suggest otherwise ridicule vote kushner say white house take question congressional committee one several investigate conclusion u.s. intelligence agencies russia president vladimir putin engage hack propaganda campaign try tilt november election trump favor russia deny accusation trump deny campaign collude moscow special counsel robert mueller lead separate probe russia matter steady drip information much leak news media contact trump aid russians raise question possible collusion moscow view many trump fellow republicans rival democrats hostile power try undermine u.s. interest around world trump call russia probe politically motivate lash investigations twitter message monday kushner initially disclose meet russians form file get government security clearance work white house since revise form several time accord source knowledge monday meet kushner tell investigators lawyers staff handle security clearance form properly inform fbi immediately realize send complete submit complete version say write statement initial form omit russian contact also foreign contact write statement kushner say first meet russian ambassador sergei kislyak washington april 2016 shake hand say dec. meet kislyak russian ambassador ask secure line trump transition office facilitate discussion russian general syria kushner reply kushner say ask exist communications channel russian embassy could use kislyak say possible agree follow inauguration nothing else occur suggest secret back channel kushner say kushner say meet dec. 13 sergei gorkov head russian state-owned vnesheconombank kislyak insistence russian direct relationship putin introduce give two gift one piece art nvgorod village grandparents belarus bag dirt village kushner say say neither sanction impose democratic former president barack obama administration kushner business activities discuss vnesheconombank subject u.s. economic sanction since mid-2014 russia annexation crimea ukraine relations unite state russia deteriorate obama trump say want improve tie moscow time express admiration putin u.s. lawmakers say want hear june 2016 meet involve russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya trump eldest son donald trump jr. young trump release email show welcome prospect receive damage information russian government clinton kushner former trump campaign manager paul manafort also meet kushner describe waste time say discussion campaign time actually email assistant meet ten minutes write pls call cell need excuse get meet kushner schedule address house intelligence panel tuesday jar kushner detail russia contact deny collusion