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Jared Kushner confirms meeting with Kanye West and claims it wasn't about 2020 election campaign

White House adviser and Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner confirmed a recent meeting with rapper Kanye West, but he said they had a "general conversation" about "policy" rather than the rapper's presidential bid.

Mr Kushner's revelation of the meeting, held while both were in Colorado, came after a report that Republican activists and operatives in at least five states have supported the entertainer's long-shot White House candidacy.

That Washington Post report suggests some Republicans are backing Mr West's bid in key swing states with the goal of taking votes from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

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