White House senior adviser Jared Kushner did not disclose to the Senate Intelligence Committee his use of a personal email account when he met with them during a closed interview.
In response, committee chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and committee vice chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., sent a letter to Kushner via his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, demanding Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, review and ensure he has submitted every relevant document to the committee.
This includes those from his personal email account and “all other email accounts, messaging apps, or similar communications channels you may have used, or that may contain information relevant to our inquiry,” according to CNN.
The use of the personal email account could be especially significant if emails or communications regarding interference from the Kremlin during the 2016 election were handled via the personal account and were not handed over initially, or if there was an intent to hide the material from the committee.
“It is perfectly normal that the committees would want to make sure that they received all pertinent records,” Kushner’s lawyer Lowell told CNN. “We did review this account at the time and there were no responsive or relevant documents there. The committee was so informed when documents were produced and there is no issue here.”
Burr and Warner discovered Kushner had used a private account via media reports.
CNN obtained the Senate Committee’s letter to Kushner from an “email prankster” in the United Kingdom who impersonated Jared Kushner.
It was revealed this week Lowell received an email from the prankster from an email address [email protected] regarding lewd photos, which were fictitious, and shared with White House officials. Lowell responded and communicated with the prankster before realizing it was an impersonator.
When Lowell attempted to forward the letter from the committee to Kushner, his email auto-fill supplied the address of the Kushner impersonator and accidentally sent the letter to the Kushner impersonator.
Earlier this week it was disclosed Ivanka Trump, President Trump’s daughter and White House adviser, along with her husband Kushner, senior adviser to the president, used private email accounts to conduct work-related business.
Kushner sent or received approximately 100 work-related emails from his personal account during the first seven months of the year. Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Jared Kushner did not disclose use of private email server to Senate Intelligence Committee. Kushner used a private email account, and there is no indication that he used a private server.
