Senate panel seeks info from Jared Kushner on Russian national’s ‘dinner invite’: Report

Published November 18, 2017 12:55am ET



A Russian national asked to meet with then-candidate Donald Trump in May 2016, a request that is under scrutiny by the Senate Judiciary Committee as they seek more information from Jared Kushner.

The committee on Thursday asked for more information from Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser, concerning a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite.” The document request says the “dinner invite” concerned an email asking a meeting with someone by the name of Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina, reportedly Torshin’s assistant, an anonymous source told CBS News.

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