--- description: The President's son-in-law said he "had no improper contacts" with foreign officials title: Watch: Jared Kushner Speaks After Closed-Door Testimony on Russia Probe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8745cf493ed79431/6988d6db096a941f7869edf8/gettyimages-801012308.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Jared Kushner Speaks After Closed-Door Testimony on Russia Probe by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2017 12:13 PM CUT  White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens during the "American Leadership in Emerging Technology" event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2017. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens during the "American Leadership in Emerging Technology" event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2017.The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2017 12:13 PM CUT White House advisor and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has [denied any and all collusion with the Russian government](http://time.com/4870587/jared-kushner-russia-meetings-collusion/?xid=homepage "undefined") during the 2016 campaign ahead of a closed-door meeting with the Senate Intelligence Committee scheduled for Monday. Several Trump associates are set to appear before Congress as various committees continue their investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. “I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government,” Kushner said in a prepared statement released ahead of Monday’s meeting. You can read Kushner’s full statement below. All bolded text is included in the original statement. Kushner is set to make public remarks at the White House Monday afternoon following his closed-door testimony earlier in the day. Watch his statement above at 12:30 p.m. E.T. --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4870635/jared-kushner-congress-statement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4870635/jared-kushner-congress-statement/"},"headline":"Watch: Jared Kushner Speaks After Closed-Door Testimony on Russia Probe","datePublished":"2017-07-24T12:13:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:41:45.825Z","description":"The President's son-in-law said he \"had no improper contacts\" with foreign officials","url":"https://time.com/4870635/jared-kushner-congress-statement/","keywords":["White House","russia","jared kushner","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8745cf493ed79431/6988d6db096a941f7869edf8/gettyimages-801012308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8745cf493ed79431/6988d6db096a941f7869edf8/gettyimages-801012308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jared Kushner","caption":"Jared Kushner","creditText":"The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4870635/jared-kushner-congress-statement/","name":"Watch: Jared Kushner Speaks After Closed-Door Testimony on Russia Probe"}}]}] ```