Kushner asked Kislyak if they could communicate using secure facilities at the Russian Embassy.n44 Kislyak quickly rejected that idea.1145 4. Jared Kushner’s Meeting with Sergey Gorkov On December 6, 2016, the Russian Embassy reached out to Kushner’s assistant to setup a second meeting between Kislyak and Kushner.1146 Kushner declined several proposed meeting dates, but Kushner’s assistant indicated that Kislyak was very insistent about securing a second meeting.1147 Kushner told the Office that he did not want to take another meeting because he had already decided Kislyak was not the right channel for him to communicate with Russia, so he arranged to have one of his assistants, Avi Berkowitz, meet with Kislyak in his stead.1148 Although embassy official Sergey Kuznetsov wrote to Berkowitz that Kislyak thought it “important” to “continue the conversation with Mr. Kushner in person,”1149 Kislyak nonetheless agreed to meet instead with Berkowitz once it became apparent that Kushner was unlikely to take a meeting. Berkowitz met with Kislyak on December 12, 2016, at Trump Tower}150 The meeting lasted only a few minutes, during which Kislyak indicated that he wanted Kushner to meet someone who had a direct line to Putin: Sergey Gorkov, the head of the Russian-government— owned bank Vnesheconombank (VEB). ‘ Kushner agreed to meet with Germs/.1151 The one—on-one meeting took place the next day, December 13, 2016, at the Colony Capital building in Manhattan, where Kushner had previously scheduled meetings.“2 VEB was (and is) the subject of Department of Treasury economic sanctions imposed in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.1153 Kushner did not, however, recall any discussion during his meeting with Gorkov about the sanctions against VEB or sanctions more generally.1154 Kushner stated in an interview that he did not engage in any preparation for “44 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 18. “45 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 18. “46 Kushner Stmt. at 7 ; NOSC00000123 (12/6/16 Email, Vargas to Kushner(12:11:40 p.m.)). “47 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 19; NOSC00000130 (12/12/16 Email, Kushner to Vargas (10:41 pm»- “43 Kushner 4/11/18 302 at 19; Kushner Stmt. at 7; DJTFP_SCO_O]442290 (12/6/16 Email, Berkowitzto— “49 DJTFP_sco_01442290 (12/7/16 Email— to Berkowitz (12:31:39 p.m.)). ”50 Berkowitz 1/12/18 302, at 7; AKTN_GUMP_BERKOWITZ_000001-04 (12/12/16 Text Messages, Berkowitz 86 202-701-8532). ”51 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 19; NOSC00000130-135 (12/12/16 Email, Kushner to Berkowitz), “52 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 19; Nosc00000130-135 (12/12/16 Email, Kushner to Berkowitz). “53 Announcement of Treasury Sanctions on Entities Within the Financial Services and Energy Sectors of Russia, Against Arms or Related Materiel Entities, and those Undermim’ng Waine’s Sovereignty, United States Department of the Treasury (Jul. 16, 2014). “54 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 20.
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