Jared Kushner will appear voluntarily before the January 6 committee this week: Trump’s son-in-law refused to return to the White House during the Capitol riots because he thought he was getting into a “fight” with the president
- Jared Kushner is expected to appear voluntarily and virtually before the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 as early as this week, ABC News reported Monday
- Kushner returned to Washington DC from Saudi Arabia on the day of the January 6 Capitol attack
- He refused to return to the White House because he expected a “fight” with the President
Jared Kushner is expected to appear voluntarily and virtually before the House Select Committee on January 6 as early as this week.
ABC News reported Monday on Kushner’s expected attendance as the committee prepares to vote Monday night on whether to hold Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in defiance of Congress.
Kushner returned to Washington DC from Saudi Arabia on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and refused to return to the White House because he expected a “fight” with the president.
Jared Kushner is expected to appear voluntarily and virtually before the House Select Committee on January 6 as early as this week
Jared Kushner reportedly avoided former President Donald Trump (pictured) and the Oval Office after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots because he feared he would get in a “fight” with the then-President
In his book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show, Jonathan Karl, chief correspondent for ABC News Washington, wrote about Kushner’s whereabouts and said the son-in-law and aide to the president went “straight home” from Joint Base Andrews.
Secret Service agents warned him it was “dangerous” for him to go to the White House, Kushner later told People, the book says.
Kushner told a Republican congressman Jan. 7 that he had avoided the President and the Oval Office since the Capitol attack.
“We’re only going to fight if I go over there,” Kushner told the unidentified congressman, Karl’s book said.
Before the riot, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, called Kushner to ask him if he would try to convince the president that Pence didn’t have the power to overturn the election when he announced the joint session of the Congress on January 6 .
Trump supporters surrounded the US Capitol on January 6th. Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff had asked Kushner to speak to the president to convince him that the VP had no authority to overturn the election during the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress
Members of the January 6 House Committee, including (from left) Chairman Bennie Thompson and Representatives Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger and Jamie Raskin
“Please speak to the President,” Short said to Kushner, according to Karl’s book. “He listens to you. Explain to him that the Vice President’s role in counting the votes is purely ceremonial. He has no authority whatsoever to reject a state’s electoral votes.’
Kushner explained to Short, “You know, I’m really focused on the Middle East right now. I haven’t bothered with the elections since Rudy Giuliani came here.’
Short called Trump’s thoughts on the issue a “big problem.”
“The President is being misled. Please speak to him,” Short said, according to Karl’s report.
Kushner disagreed.
“I really don’t want to get involved,” Kushner said. “My focus is on peace in the Middle East.”
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