WASHINGTON, May 28, (APP/AFP) – The probe into Russia’s
role in the US election pierced the innermost circle of the White House Saturday, with reports that Donald Trump’s son-in-law sought a secret communications line with Moscow — the most damning allegation yet from the scandal.
With the president now back in Washington after a grueling overseas
trip, the latest furor was stirred up after The Washington Post reported late Friday that Jared Kushner — arguably Trump’s closest White House aide, and husband to the president’s eldest daughter Ivanka — made a pre-inauguration proposal to the Russian ambassador to set up a secret, bug-proof link with the Kremlin.
Kushner, 36, even suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in
the United States to protect such a channel from monitoring, The Post said, quoting US officials briefed on intelligence reports.
The report, if confirmed, would raise new questions about the Trump
team’s relationship with the Russians, who US intelligence agencies say tried to sway the November election in Trump’s favor.