WASHINGTON, D.C.: The probe into Russia’s role in the US election pierced the innermost circle of the White House Saturday, with reports that Donald Trump’s son-in-law sought a secret communications line with Moscow—the most damning allegation yet from the scandal.

With the president now back in Washington after a grueling overseas trip, the latest furor was stirred up after The Washington Post reported late Friday that Jared Kushner—arguably Trump’s closest White House aide, and husband to the president’s eldest daughter Ivanka—made a pre-inauguration proposal to the Russian ambassador to set up a secret, bug-proof link with the Kremlin.

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