Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meet in NYC to discuss how Democrats and Trump could cooperate

The meeting comes with just months to go before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the remainder of Trump’s term.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., recently met privately with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and informal adviser, and they discussed possible areas of cooperation, a source familiar with the meeting confirmed to NBC News.

The private meeting, which was first reported by The New York Times, took place in Manhattan, the source said.

The meeting was an unusual instance of a top Democrat and a close Trump confidant coming together to discuss common ground. Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, is one of Trump’s most prominent critics. Meanwhile, Kushner is a close relative of Trump’s and has taken on a slate of high-profile foreign policy issues as special envoy.

The source, who was granted anonymity without being authorized to speak about the private meeting, did not share details about when it took place or what was discussed.

The Times reported that it happened “in recent weeks,” citing five sources with knowledge of the meeting. The Times also reported that the pair discussed “housing, immigration and the high cost of living,” citing two sources with knowledge of the meeting. The meeting space in New York was “offered up by a mutual friend of the two men,” the newspaper reported, citing two people with knowledge of the meeting and a third who was briefed on it.