US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and his senior adviser Jared Kushner is under scrutiny as part of the FBI’s investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the US presidential election.
Kushner is being probed for his interactions with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and a banker from Moscow, US media reported Friday.
Federal investigators believe Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry into alleged links between Trump’s campaign team and the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential elections.
Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion between his campaign and Russia and has described the investigation as the “greatest witch hunt” in the US history.
Despite Russia’s alleged cyber attacks of Democratic officials during last year’s presidential race to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton, American intelligence officials have acknowledged there is no evidence that hackers altered the election result.
The White House is…