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Jared Kushner had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy: Sources

He had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the US

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In this Monday, Nov 14, 2016, file photo, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of of President-elect Donald Trump walks from Trump Tower, in New York. Photo: AP|PTI

Ned ParkerJonathan Landay Washington
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, seven current and former US officials told Reuters.

Those contacts included two phone calls between April and November last year, two of the sources said. By early this year, Kushner had become a focus of the FBI investigation into whether there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, said two other sources — one current and one former law enforcement official.

Kushner initially had come