Senate panel scraps deadline for Kushner to turn over documents

The Senate Judiciary Committee has relaxed its Monday deadline for White House adviser Jared Kushner to turn over documents relating to WikiLeaks and Russian overtures to the Trump campaign, Politico reported Monday.

“There is no current deadline as both the Committee and Mr. Kushner’s counsel are working in good faith to produce whatever else may be responsive and relevant to the Committee’s inquiry,” Kushner’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, told Politico in a statement.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) sent a letter earlier this month to Lowell demanding additional documents from Kushner as part of the committee’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

{mosads}In the letter, the two senators said Kushner received and forwarded emails about WikiLeaks, as well as a communication about a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite.” Kushner was originally given a deadline of Nov. 27 to turn over relevant documents.

Lowell was critical earlier this month of the committee’s letter, saying Feinstein and Grassley “jumped the gun to make a media event” by creating an unnecessary deadline.

He added that the emails show Kushner discouraging contact between the Trump campaign and foreign officials.

“If you look at the content of these emails, he’s the hero,” Lowell told CNN.

Both Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. have come under scrutiny for meeting during the campaign with a Russian lawyer who claimed to have damaging information about Hillary Clinton.