Kushner seeking a back channel with the Russians after the election does not support the Russian collusion narrative. If there was Russian collusion, why would the Trump Family need a backchannel? The backchannel would have already existed. Political consultant, (polls, advertizing, messaging, etc..,) secret agent man, Paul Manafort was hired to navigate the Republican convention and nomination process. Manafort resigned in August 2016 after his election consulting work with the Russian-backed past Ukraine president became public. The same Ukraine president that was forced to flee to Russia in 2014 after 50 protesters were murdered by unidentified snipers. Nothing like bodies in the streets to rile up a protest to overturn a democratically elected president. Putin had all the cause and motivation to interfere in our election and certainly did not need to collude with the Trump Campaigne.