Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's son-in-law told a group of business executives that the president-elect's campaign had an arrangement with Sinclair Broadcasting Group to get better coverage of the campaign in exchange for more access, according to Politico.

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Sinclair, which owns television stations all over the country, would air extended interviews of Trump and his campaign officials without any commentary on what was said, and in exchange, they had more access to the Trump team, Jared Kushner reportedly said Friday.

Kushner reportedly made the comments while speaking to the Partnership for New York City, a business group, in the Morgan Stanley Cafeteria.

Sinclair’s vice president of news, Scott Livingston, told Politico that the company had also offered the deal to the Clinton campaign, and that Sen. Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael KaineDemocrats call for declassifying election threats after briefing by Trump officials Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Trump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House MORE (D-Va.) did some extended interviews with the network.

“Our promise was to give all candidates an opportunity to voice their position share their position with our viewers,” Livingston said. “Certainly we presented an opportunity so that Mr. Trump could clearly state his position on the key issues.

“Our commitment to our viewers is to go beyond podium, beyond the rhetoric. We’re all about tracking the truth and telling the truth and that’s typically missing in most political coverage.”

Kushner also reportedly told the business group that he had asked CNN President Jeff Zucker to include more pro-Trump voices in its on-air panels, but Zucker refused.

The campaign then began cooperating with the network less and Trump started launching his tirades at what he often referred to as the “Clinton News Network.”

Two business leaders at the meeting told Politico that they were surprised at how much Kushner spoke about CNN.

"He kept going on and on about it," one of the sources said.