Jared Kushner is 'very senior' official who directed Flynn to contact Russia in court documents: Sources

Source: ABC News | December 1, 2017 | John Santucci, Tara Palmeri, Adam Kelsey

The “very senior” member of President Donald Trump’s transition team who directed former national security adviser Michael Flynn to reach out to Russia in an attempt to delay or defeat a U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements before Trump took office was Jared Kushner, sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to ABC News.

Court documents filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller today cite the “very senior” transition official but do not identify him.

Flynn has promised “full cooperation” in the special counsel’s Russia investigation and is willing to testify that Donald Trump directed him to contact the Russians, initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria, according to a confidant.

Bloomberg first reported that Kushner was the “very senior” member of the transition team detailed in the documents released Friday after Flynn pleaded guilty to misleading FBI investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including about his contact with Russia.

An additional “senior official” cited in the documents is K.T. McFarland, the former deputy national security adviser, sources told ABC News.

The court documents additionally detail the directions given to Flynn by a Trump transition official about how to interact with Russia regarding sanctions levied against the country by the Obama administration for Russian meddling in the election.

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