Kushner plays down Russia’s interference in 2016 election

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday the investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election “had a much harder impact on our democracy” than what Russia actually did. Kushner minimized Russia’s involvement by describing it as “buying some Facebook ads to try to sow dissent.”

“Quite frankly, the whole thing’s just a big distraction for the country,” Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, said at the Time 100 Summit.