McMaster Responds To Kushner’s “Russia Back-Channel” Report
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
May 27, 2017
Having admitted that their Memorial Day Weekend blockbuster scoop that President Trump’s son-in-law “discussed the possibility of setting up a secure communications channel between the Trump transition team and the Kremlin with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak,” is really a non-story because, as they state themselves “It is common for senior advisers of a newly elected president to be in contact with foreign leaders and official,” The Washington Post reports that President Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster agrees this is a non-story, saying Saturday he “would not be concerned” about having a back-channel communications system with Russia.
WaPo reports that McMaster and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, who together briefed reporters Saturday, were unwilling to discuss the Kushner matter, as was White House press secretary Sean Spicer. White House officials insisted the briefing be conducted off-camera, preventing photographers or television cameras from documenting it.
As McMaster and Cohn took the stage in the briefing room, a television screen just over their shoulder played CNN, which at that moment aired a discussion of the Kushner-Russia story under a “breaking news” banner.
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