Jared ID’d as target of probe

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S sonin-law and close adviser Jared Kushner has been identified as a person of interest in the Russian election meddling probe.

The 36-year-old former real estate developer is not a target of the investigation, but officials told both The Washington Post and NBC News that he is believed to have relevant information to the ongoing probe.

A Post report last week that a current White House figure was a “person of interest” in the Trump-Russia investigation, now spread between the FBI, Senate, House and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, sparked speculation the person was Kushner.

The extent to which his activities are being scrutinized was not immediately clear Thursday, though part of the inquiry is believed to focus on a meeting he had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn at Trump Tower this past December.

Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka and was a key figure in the transition, also met that month with Sergey Gorkov, the chairman of Russian state-owned VneshEconomBank.