USTR Records Regarding a ‘Trade Messaging’ Meeting with Jared Kushner and Frank Luntz

Records from the United States Trade Representative regarding a June, 2018 meeting on “trade messaging” involving pollster Frank Luntz, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, White House Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller and others.

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Page 9: On June 5, 2018, U.S. Trade Representative Chief of Staff Jamieson Greer confirmed a meeting for USTR Robert Lighthizer with Jared Kushner and conservative pollster Frank Luntz, as well as a phone call with Sen. Lindsey Graham. 

Page 12: Emails about the June 5 meeting with Luntz and Kushner in the Ward Room of the White House indicate that the meeting was to “discuss trade messaging” and that invitations were sent to Lighthizer, White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudow, and Assistant to the President and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro.