Kushner faces deadline to give Senate panel Wikileaks emails

Monday is the deadline for White House adviser Jared Kushner to fork over emails about Wikileaks requested by a high-powered Senate panel earlier this month.

The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to subpoena the files if Kushner, the President’s son-in-law, doesn’t hand them over willingly.

Committee chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) fired off a letter to his lawyer earlier this month, saying Kushner didn’t hand over a several items relevant to its probe into Russia’s meddling in last year’s election.

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They wanted emails Kushner received related to Wikileaks, a potential “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” and communications with Michael Flynn, the fired national security adviser who’s currently under legal scrutiny.

Donald Trump Jr. was contacted by Wikileaks in September 2016, which he notified campaign leaders about — including Kushner.

Kushner, the senators said, then forwarded them to others in the campaign. One of the recipients was reportedly Hope Hicks, the campaign’s communications czar and now a top White House staffer.

Along with emails about the “backdoor overture,” the senators said Kushner was copied on emails from Sergei Millian, the head of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce and believed to be a source in the controversial dossier on President Trump.

The former real estate developer has also handed over files to special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, and has met in private with the Senate Intelligence Committee.

They’re also seeking communications Kushner had with Flynn. The retired general was fired in February after misleading the Vice President about talks he had with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. during the transition. He and his son have since reportedly come under the gaze of Mueller’s probe, and his legal team has stopped talking to Trump’s lawyers.

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Kushner has otherwise cooperated with the Senate panel, and insisted members of the campaign didn’t collude with Russia.

Abbe Lowell, his attorney, previously said the committee “jumped the gun” on the request.

Kushner had done nothing wrong in any emails, the lawyer continued, and in fact was the “hero” because he told campaign staff not to engage with foreign nationals.