washington u.s. president donald trump attack news media dismiss leak white house fake news sunday follow report son-in-law try set secret channel communications moscow trump take office shortly trump remark twitter homeland security secretary john kelly make round sunday television news show praise so-called back channel communications especially russia good thing republican president return white house nine-day trip middle east europe end saturday face question allege communications jar kushner russia ambassador washington opinion many leak come white house fabricate lie make fakenews media trump write series twitter post sunday statement late sunday night carry new york time trump praise kushner work do white house jar great job country say total confidence respect virtually everyone work program save country billions dollars addition perhaps importantly good person white house face mount question potential tie russia trump presidential campaign also subject criminal congressional investigations trump officials prepare establish war room address issue begin dominate young presidency aid say trump expect meet lawyers early sunday new york time report two republican u.s. senators play kushner report sunday former director national intelligence jam clapper take dark view contact representatives russian president vladimir putin dashboard warn light clearly think case us intelligence community concern nature approach russians clapper tell nbc meet press kushner marry trump daughter ivanka contact moscow december open secret back channel communications accord news report publish trump away trip 36-year-old kushner real estate developer previous government experience least three previously undisclosed contact russian ambassador unite state 2016 presidential campaign seven current former u.s. officials tell reuters whenever see word source say fake news media mention name trump write possible source exist make fake news writers fakenews enemy contact trump associate russian officials campaign coincide u.s. intelligence agencies conclude kremlin effort computer hack fake news propaganda boost trump chance win white house white house officials defend concept secret communications channel without comment specifically kushner case national security adviser h.r mcmaster tell reporters saturday so-called back-channeling unusual kelly homeland security secretary carry message sunday normal opinion acceptable say abc week program way communicate people particularly organizations maybe particularly friendly us good thing kelly tell fox news sunday nothing wrong trump transition team try build relationships russians prepare take white house u.s. representative adam schiff top democrat house intelligence committee say secret channel may use situations include peace talk taliban afghanistan release american hostages people associate campaign campaign end russians campaign help try establish back channel hide government serious allegation say schiff particularly concern washington post report back channel would conduct russian diplomatic facility avoid monitor u.s. communications systems ask well hide conversation say abc schiff say expect kushner serve unpaid adviser trump appear committee suggest security clearance review kushner initially come attention fbi investigators last year begin scrutinize former national security adviser michael flynn connections russian officials two source tell reuters republican u.s. senator lindsey graham tell cnn doubt kushner report accurate senator bob corker chairman foreign relations committee note kushner will answer question reach us yesterday make sure know case sure will corker say nbc meet press though see evidence collusion step jan. 20 clapper say sign make fbi investigation appropriate necessary russia least money primary adversary tell nbc friends us in trump attack 'fake news follow kushner report