Kushner Received 'Random Email' Demanding Ransom During Election

[DonViejo]

By Associated Press Published JULY 24, 2017 9:27 AM

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law says he received a “random email” during the presidential campaign from someone claiming to have Trump’s tax returns and demanding ransom to keep the information secret.

Jared Kushner says he interpreted the email as a hoax. Kushner says the email came from a person going by the name “Guccifer400.” The name is an apparent reference to Guccifer 2.0, an anonymous hacker who has claimed responsibility for breaking into the Democratic National Committee’s computer systems.

Kushner says the emailer demanded payment in Bitcoin, an online currency. Kushner says he showed the email to a Secret Service agent, who told him to ignore it. Kushner disclosed the details of the email ahead of a closed-door interview Monday with a Senate committee investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.

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[Zoonart]

1. Uh huh...keep digging.

[get the red out]

2. I guess there are emails

he expects someone will find. LOL

[underpants]

3. So he read THAT email?

Didn't catch on to Jr.'s from the subject line ?

[Blue_Adept]

4. I wonder how many Nigerian prince emails he got too

[leftstreet]

5. I don't believe the SS would tell him to 'ignore it'

This is sounding like a set up for something else

[HipChick]

8. SS should be able to debunk that pretty quick..

[leftstreet]

10. He can always say the told him ignore emails from Russians

[C_U_L8R]

6. Is he fishing for sympathy?

And speaking of Trump's tax returns, where are they?

[HipChick]

9. Hopefully Mueller has them..

and looking at them in detail..

[Solly Mack]

7. He got any proof?

[awesomerwb1]

11. Suuuure you did Kushner, sure you did.

Can't wait till HOPEFULLY all these fuckers end up in jail, or pennyless.

[MattP]

12. So he read that email but not the one from Trump Jr.?

[JI7]

13. Blame the secret service.