President of the United States, Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has "total confidence" in his son-in-law jared kushner who is also his senior adviser.
Donald Trump's praise for son-in-law Jared Kushner
In his recent address, Donald Trump said that his 36-year-old real estate investor and developer son-in-law is "doing a great job for the country."
The President also credited Kushner for working on certain projects and programs that will be of financial benefit to the United States. The American President further went on to say that not only is Jared Kushner widely respected but also "he is a very good person."
Kushner is the subject controversy involving Russia
The President's comments regarding Kushner came when it was reported just a few days ago that some of the President's associates were allegedly in communication with the Russian government around the time of the latest election campaign.
After these reports surfaced, senior White House officials are suggesting Jared Kushner take some time off while FBI inspects him.
While this issue is still being investigated, the American President took to his Twitter account to say that many of the "leaks" from White House were "fake news."
United States President Donald Trump came back to America on Saturday after a nine-day long trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Italy and right after his visit ended he is faced with this controversy.
In a meeting with the Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak last year in December 2016, Kushner proposed establishing a secret communication channel with the Kremlin.
According to some former US officials, Jared Kushner had a minimum of three contacts with Sergei Kislyak during and after the presidential campaign of last year where he allegedly wanted to set up a secondary means of exchanging information between the Russian government and Donald Trump's team.
The 'New York Times' was first to report that Kushner also met a close aide of Putin and chairman of a bank Sergey Gorkov in a 30-minute long meeting last year in December. It was claimed that not only was Kushner looking forward to establishing back channel communication with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. but he also wanted to gain access to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Jared Kushner is married to Donald Trump's 35-year-old daughter Ivanka, and the couple has three children together.
