The United States President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is under the scrutiny of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with Russia investigations, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Reports state FBI is currently probing meetings of Kushner with Russian officials in December 2016, soon after Trump won the presidential election. The top federal agency is investigating Trump administration's associations with Russia during the 2016 presidential elections.
Kushner, who is a key White House adviser, had held meetings with Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov last year.
The chairman of the House Oversight has asked the FBI to turn over more documents about former chief James Comey's interaction with the White House and the Justice Department. The documents requested by the House date back to almost four years to the Barack Obama administration, according to the Associated Press.
Trump had abruptly fired the former FBI chief Comey earlier this month for not handling the Hillary Clinton email case well enough, raising suspicion of his intent considering the FBI chief was heading a probe involving his administration. Some notes by Comey during his tenure as the FBI chief also reportedly emerged stating the US President had attempted to pressure Comey to drop the Russia investigation.
The FBI and the oversight committee are currently looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible links between Russia and Trump campaign. The investigation into the case is currently led by special counsel Robert Mueller, a former FBI chief.
According to The Post, several "people familiar with the investigation" said the FBI investigation does not mean Kushner is a suspect.
Kushner's attorney Jamie Gorelick released a statement saying: "Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings. He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry."
