investigation did not identify evidence of Flynn or Kushner meeting with 1137 Ushakov after being given his name. ) In the meantime, although he had already formed the impression that 1138 Kislyak was not necessarily the right point of contact, Kushner went forward with the meeting that Kislyak had requested on November 16. It took 1139 place at Trump Tower on November 30, 2016. At Kushner’s invitation, 1140 Flynn also attended; Bannon was invited but did not attend. During the meeting, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, Kushner expressed a desire on the part of the incoming Administration to start afresh with U.S.-Russian 1141 relations. Kushner also asked Kislyak to identify the best person (whether Kislyak or someone else) with whom to direct future discussions-someone who 1142 had contact with Putin and the ability to speak for him. The three men also discussed U.S. policy toward Syria, and Kislyak floated the idea of having Russian generals brief the Transition Team on the topic using 1143 a secure communications line. After Flynn explained that there was no secure line in the Transition Team offices, Kushner asked Kislyak if they could 1144 communicate using secure facilities at the Russian Embassy. Kislyak 1145 quickly rejected that idea. 4. Jared Kushner’s Meeting with Sergey Gorkov On December 6, 2016, the Russian Embassy reached out to Kushner’s 1146 assistant to set up a second meeting between Kislyak and Kushner. Kushner declined several proposed meeting dates, but Kushner’s assistant indicated that 1147 Kislyak was very insistent about securing a second meeting. Kushner told the Office that he did not want to take another meeting because he had already decided Kislyak was not the right channel for him to communicate with Russia, so he arranged to have one of his assistants, Avi Berkowitz, meet with Kislyak in 1148 his stead. Although embassy official Sergey Kuznetsov wrote to Berkowitz that Kislyak thought it “important” to “continue the conversation with Mr. 1149 Kushner in person,” Kislyak nonetheless agreed to meet instead with Berkowitz once it became apparent that Kushner was unlikely to take a meeting.