Washington: The activities of President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner have come under FBI scrutiny as part of the probe of Russian interference in last year's presidential election, US media reported on Thursday.
Kushner held meetings with the Russian ambassador to the United States and a banker from Moscow in December, the Post said.
The banker, Sergei Gorkov, is chairman of VneshEconomBank, a state bank under US sanctions since July 2014.
Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, is the only current White House official known to be considered a key figure in the probe, which is targeting other members of Trump's campaign team.
"Mr Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings," Jamie Gorelick, one of his attorneys, said in a statement.
"He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry."Witch hunt'?
The Post reported last week that the Russia investigation had been extended to a top White House official as a "significant person of interest."
Investigators are looking into possible financial crimes in addition to possible collusion between the campaign and Russian officials, the paper reported on Thursday.
The probe is headed by former FBI director Robert Mueller, appointed the special counsel with broad powers to investigate Russian election meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign after the president sacked FBI director James Comey, who was heading the investigation, earlier this month.
Comey's firing, together with Trump's reported repeated efforts to persuade senior politicians, justice and intelligence officials to help push back against the probe, have brought accusations that he is obstructing the investigation.
Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion between his campaign and the Kremlin, amid accusations from US intelligence that Russian President Vladimir Putin orchestrated a sweeping campaign to tilt the vote in the Republican's favor.
The president last week declared himself the victim of the "greatest witch hunt" in American political history.
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