In the letter, the committee also asked Jared Kushner for information relevant to the investigation from any other messaging apps or communication channels that it wasn't previously aware of. | Olivier Douliery/Pool/Getty Images Senate panel tells Kushner to search personal email for Russia records

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday asked senior White House adviser Jared Kushner to search his personal email account for records related to its bipartisan investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, his lawyer said.

In the letter, the committee said it was "concerned" that Kushner had not disclosed his private email account in a closed-door interview with investigators. The existence of the personal account was first reported earlier this week by Politico.


The committee also asked in the letter, which was first obtained by CNN, for information relevant to the investigation from any other messaging apps or communication channels that it wasn't previously aware of.

Abbe Lowell, Kushner's lawyer, said in a statement that the email account had already been searched.

"It is perfectly normal that the committees would want to make sure that they received all pertinent records. We did review this account at the time and there were no responsive or relevant documents there. The committee was so informed when the documents were sent and there is no issue here," Lowell said.

The Senate Intelligence Committee did not respond to requests for comment.

When Kushner appeared for a private interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee in July, he assured senators that he had been as forthcoming as possible about his contacts with Russia and provided all documents he could find relevant to their investigation.

"As I have said from the very first media inquiry, I am happy to share information with the investigating bodies. I have shown today that I am willing to do so and will continue to cooperate as I have nothing to hide," he said in a statement to the committee.

CNN obtained the Senate panel's letter after Lowell accidentally forwarded the request to a prankster — a person who had previously written to Lowell from an email address designed to look like it was Kushner's. The prankster then sent the letter to CNN.

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In a previous exchange with the prankster, first reported by Business Insider, Lowell encouraged the fake Kushner to save any emails that involved White House business — and said they would need to be forwarded to his official White House account. The prankster pretending to be Kushner had described made-up personal emails of a sexual nature.

"It's fairly specialist stuff, half naked women on a trampoline..." the prankster wrote.

"Don't delete," Lowell replied. "Don't send to anyone. Let's chat in a bit."

Kyle Cheney contributed to this report.

