Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Washington Post story about Kushner 'back channel’ with Russians not true

The Washington Post has botched another story concerning the Russians and Donald Trump.

From Fox News:

A December meeting between Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of the senior advisers in the Trump administration, and Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak at Trump Tower focused on Syria, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Monday.

During the meeting the Russians broached the idea of using a secure line between the Trump administration and Russia, not Kushner, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News. That follows a recent report from The Washington Post alleging that Kushner wanted to develop a secure, private line with Russia.

The idea of a permanent back channel was never discussed, according to the source. Instead, only a one-off for a call about Syria was raised in the conversation.

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Let's suppose the Russians did attempt to influence the election.  What exactly did they do?

So far, the only likely scenario is that a Russian or eastern European cyber hacker copied and published some DNC emails.  There's no indication that they did anything more nefarious, such as actually alter the election results.

Now, given that a recount has already fizzled, we can safely dismiss the notion that the results are wrong.  Trump was elected, fair and square.

Continue reading the full article at High Plains Pundit. 

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