the two assistants exchanged a handful of additional cordial text on february 8 >> according to berkowitz he didn't respond to the meeting request in light of the press coverage regarding the russia investigation and did not tell kushner about the meeting request. >> section 5, outreach efforts to the transition team, in december 2016, weeks after the one-on-one meeting described in one, he attended what he described as a separate quote all-hands meeting between putin and russia's most prominent is messman instructing taking vicki previously served as u.s. ambassador to germany and assistant secretary of state for european and canadian affairs to facilitate introductions to business contacts in the united states and other western countries. while at l1 board members held in luxembourg in late december 2016 and he pulled him aside and told him he spoken to someone high in the russian government who expressed interest in establishing communications between the kremlin and the trump transition team. he asked for his help in contacting members in the transition team. although he'd been respon