The White House senior adviser and Trump’s son-in-law spoke out during a gathering in New York.
By John Wagner John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow April 23 at 11:57 AM White House senior adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said Tuesday that investigations into election interference by Russia have been “way more harmful” than the interference itself, which he characterized as “a couple Facebook ads.”
“So if you look at the magnitude of what they did and what they accomplished, I think the ensuing investigations have been way more harmful to our country,” he said. The interference included both a social media campaign that favored Trump and disparaged Democrat Hillary Clinton, and the hacking of computers maintained by allies of Clinton and the subsequent releases of stolen documents.
When asked Tuesday why the Trump campaign did not reject Russian attempts to get close to the campaign, Kushner said, “We didn’t know that Russia was doing what they were doing.”
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