Special counsel Mueller investigating Jared Kushner's finances, Washington Post reports

Show Caption Hide Caption Jared Kushner's finances reportedly under investigation Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly looking into the business matters of President Trump's son-in-law and close adviser.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing White House adviser Jared Kushner's "finances and business dealings" as part of the ongoing probe into possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing unnamed officials familiar with the matter.

The financial dealings of other people tied to President Trump have also been examined by the FBI and federal prosecutors, the Post reported. Among them are former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and former adviser Carter Page.

The lawyer for Kushner, the president's son-in-law and close adviser, said there was nothing surprising about the Post's report.

"We do not know what this report refers to," attorney Jamie Gorelick said in a statement. "It would be standard practice for the Special Counsel to examine financial records to look for anything related to Russia. Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about Russia-related matters. He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry."

USA TODAY previously reported that the FBI was investigating Kushner for his contact with Russian officials, but there was no word at that time that his financial dealings were part of the probe.

Among those contacts was a meeting in December 2016 between Kushner, Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov.

Gorkov is the chairman of Vnesheconombank, which the Obama administration hit with sanctions in 2014 in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support of separatists in Ukraine.

That meeting "occurred as Kushner’s company was seeking financing for its troubled $1.8 billion purchase of an office building on Fifth Avenue in New York, and it could raise questions about whether Kushner’s personal financial interests were colliding with his impending role as a public official," the Post reported.

Kushner also met with Kislyak to discuss creating a secret, back-channel line of communication between Trump's team and the Kremlin, according to reports from the Post and The New York Times

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