'Some Facebook ads': Kushner plays down Russia's interference in 2016 election

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'Some Facebook ads': Jared Kushner plays down Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday the investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election "had a much harder impact on our democracy" than what Russia actually did.Mere days after Americans read a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the election meddling, Kushner minimised Russia's involvement by describing it as "buying some Facebook ads to try to sow dissent.

Kushner was present in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump jnr and campaign chairman Paul Manafort when a Kremlin-connected lawyer offered dirt on rival Hilary Clinton's campaign. But Kushner said he texted an aide to get him out of the meeting because he found it unhelpful. "Great interview by Jared," the president wrote. "Nice to have extraordinarily smart people serving our Country!"

 

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