The North Korean government used an American businessman in an effort to set up a secret back channel with the Trump administration through White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The effort occurred last summer, the New York Times reported Sunday.
Gabriel Schulze, a financier who lives in Singapore and has ties to North Korea, contacted Kushner with the message that said a top North Korean official wanted to talk about a possible meeting between leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump.
Kushner referred Schulze to then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo — not then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Pompeo has since replaced Tillerson as the nation’s top diplomat after Trump fired him in March.
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Jared Kushner part of effort to establish secret backchannel for North Korea talks: Report https://t.co/ftx4W8MTmM pic.twitter.com/hGrjdeygp4
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 18, 2018
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