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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 25 July 2017
No Russia collusion, Trump son-in-law Kushner tells Congress

By MARY JALONICK a trusted senior adviser
Associated Press during the campaign and
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior inside the White House —
White House adviser Jared became the first member
Kushner denied Monday of the president’s inner cir-
that he colluded with Rus- cle to face questions from
sians in the course of Presi- congressional investiga-
dent Donald Trump’s White tors as they probe Russian
House bid and declared meddling in the 2016 elec-
he has “nothing to hide.” tion and possible links to
Behind closed doors, Kush- the Trump campaign. He
ner spoke to staff members is to meet with lawmakers
of the Senate intelligence on the House intelligence
committee for nearly three committee Tuesday.
hours at the Capitol, then Kushner’s appearances
made a brief public state- have been highly antici-
ment back at the White pated, in part because
House. “Let me be very of headlines in recent
clear,” he said. “I did not months about his interac-
collude with Russia nor do I tions with Russians and
know of anyone else in the because he had not per-
campaign who did so.” sonally responded to ques-
Kushner left without taking White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, with his attorney Abbe Lowell, right, departs Capitol tions about an incomplete
questions. In an 11-page Hill in Washington, Monday, July 24, 2017, after meeting behind closed doors before the Senate security clearance form
statement, released hours Intelligence Committee on the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and and his conversations with
before the Capitol session, the Trump campaign. foreigners.q
he detailed four contacts (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
with Russians during Trump’s morning at a Senate office
campaign and transition. building, exiting a black
It aimed to explain incon- sport utility vehicle and
sistencies and omissions in greeting photographers
a security clearance form with a grin and a wave.
that have invited public When he left, he respond-
scrutiny. In the statement, ed to shouted questions,
Kushner said that none saying the interview went
of his contacts, which in- “great” and that he an-
cluded meetings at Trump swered as many questions
Tower with the Russian am- “as they had.”
bassador and a Russian In speaking to Congress,
lawyer, was improper. Kushner — as both the
Kushner arrived Monday president’s son-in-law and

Judge clearing the way for Trump

commission to collect voter data

By HOLLY RAMER block the data collection
Associated Press in a ruling that commission
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — vice chairman Kris Kobach
A federal judge on Mon- called “a major victory
day cleared the way for for government account-
President Donald Trump’s ability, transparency and
commission on election the public’s right to know
fraud to resume collecting about the integrity of our
detailed voter roll informa- elections processes.”
tion from the states. “The commission request-
The commission asked ed this publicly available
states last month to pro- data as part of its fact-
vide publicly available gathering process, which
data including registered is information that states
voters’ names, birth dates regularly release to po-
and partial Social Secu- litical candidates, political
rity numbers, but it later parties and the general
told them to hold off until public,” said Kobach, the
a judge ruled on a lawsuit Republican secretary of
filed by the Electronic Pri- state in Kansas. “We look
vacy Information Center forward to continuing to
in Washington. U.S. District work with state election
Court Judge Colleen Kol- leaders to gather informa-
lar-Kotelly, in the District of tion and identify opportu-
Columbia, denied the ad- nities to improve election
vocacy group’s request to integrity.”q