\u00ab\u00a0Look, let’s let this unfold, \u00a0\u00bb said Sen. Bob Corker on Meet the Press Sunday.<\/b>
\nSen. Bob Corker on Meet the Press Sunday said presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner was \u00ab\u00a0more than willing to answer any and all questions\u00a0\u00bb following reports of his meetings with Russian officials.
\u00ab\u00a0They reached out to us yesterday to make sure we knew that was the case, \u00a0\u00bb Corker said.
But Corker, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, indicated he felt no urgency in posing those questions. Kushner would speak \u00ab\u00a0when the time is right, \u00a0\u00bb he said.
\u00ab\u00a0Look, let’s let this unfold, \u00a0\u00bb he said. \u00ab\u00a0He seems to me to be a very open person and again, I’d let him speak for himself when the time is right on all these issues and at that time we can actually render judgement on the reality of what did or didn’t take place.\u00a0\u00bb
Corker said it appears to him that Kushner is \u00ab\u00a0not a target, so I think I would just wait.\u00a0\u00bb
The Washington Post reported Friday that Kushner and Russian Ambassador Surgey Kislyak met at Trump Tower in December to discuss the possibility of setting up secret, back-channel communications between Trump’s transition team and officials in Moscow.
More: Kushner, Russians discussed secret communication link, reports say
The report was the latest to emerge about discussions between President Donald Trump’s inner circle and Russian officials. Those communications both during the campaign and the White House transition are now the subject of multiple Congressional and FBI probes that are examining Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Corker said Russia would be sanctioned for its interference in the elections \u2014 and its military intervention in Syria.
Corker said that at the request of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is in negotiations with Russian officials, Congress would wait for several weeks to take action on sanctions against Russia for its involvement in the Syrian conflict.
\u00ab\u00a0Russia is going to be punished for what it did, in interfering in our elections, \u00a0\u00bb he said.
But, \u00ab\u00a0to wait a few weeks at the request of the secretary of state to see if he can change things in Syria seems to me to be an appropriate thing to do. That’s what we’ve done. But next work period we plan to take it up.\u00a0\u00bb
Congress reconvenes the week of June 5.
Corker also separately praised President Donald Trump on his first official international trip since taking office, saying in a news release that it was \u00ab\u00a0executed to near perfection.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0President Trump should be commended on the success of this trip, \u00a0\u00bb he said.
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