Tillerson: Kushner talked to world leaders without telling State Department

Ex-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told lawmakers that President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, often communicated with world leaders without keeping the State Department in the loop — leaving America’s top diplomat in the dark on key issues.

The disclosure came Thursday when redacted transcripts of Tillerson’s testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee were released, the Washington Post reported.

Tillerson said he once learned that Kushner was meeting with Mexico’s foreign secretary when he happened to be dining in the same DC restaurant while the pair came up with a “fairly comprehensive plan of action” that Tillerson knew nothing about.

“The owner of the restaurant … came around and said: ‘Oh, Mr. Secretary, you might be interested to know the foreign secretary of Mexico is seated at a table near the back in case you want to go by and say hello to him.’ And so I did,” Tillerson told lawmakers during seven hours of testimony in May.

Tillerson said he watched the “color go out of the face” of the foreign secretary as he approached him and Kushner, who had no political or foreign policy experience when his father-in-law named him a senior adviser.

“I said: ‘Welcome to Washington … Give me a call next time you’re coming to town.’”

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Tillerson also said he was not aware of meetings between Arab leaders and Kushner, including a private meeting on May 20, 2017, between Kushner, Trump’s former adviser Stephen Bannon and the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

“What’s your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge?” Tillerson was asked by committee staff.

“It makes me angry. Because I didn’t have a say. The State Department’s views were never expressed,” he said.

An administration official told the paper that any lack of communication was Tillerson’s fault.

“Jared and the White House were coordinating with the State Department, the problem is that Rex Tillerson couldn’t figure out how to coordinate with the State Department,” the official said.

Tillerson, the former head of Exxon/Mobil, was fired by Trump in March 2018 after 13 months in the job.

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