John Kelly: Backchannel to Russia ‘doesn’t bother me’

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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly doesn’t have a problem with reports of a previously-proposed ‘backchannel’ of communications between the Trump transition team and the Kremlin, saying, “I don’t see a big deal.”

“I think any channel of communication, back or otherwise, with a country like Russia is a good thing,” Kelly began on Fox News Sunday.

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