Jared Kushner, daughter and son-in-law of former US President Donald Trumpin announced that he would not give executive privilege to his daughter Ivanka Trump’s testimony before the commission of inquiry regarding the January 6 events.
“President Biden spoke about how January 6 was one of the darkest days in our country’s history and we need to give a full account of what happened to ensure it never happens again,” White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said on Tuesday. she said. .
“It was clear that they posed a unique threat to our democracy and that constitutional protections for executive privilege should not be used to protect against public knowledge of an attack on Congress or the Constitution itself,” he added.
“As a result, the White House has decided not to endorse the executive privilege of the testimony of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump,” he continued.
The White House move comes as the elite committee tries to unravel the mystery of Kushner’s role in the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. sensitive.
Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser to the White House.in He is expected to appear before the investigative committee next Thursday.
On January 6, investigators sought to persuade the father of the former president’s daughter and Kushner’s wife, a senior White House aide, to address the Capitol rebels during the riot. son revealed that they are interested in Ivanka Trump, which they see as a solution.
In October 2021, the White House gave up executive privilege to preserve the first set of records from the Trump White House.
Source: “Policy”
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