Jared Kouchner’s marathon interview with members of the House Select Committee investigating the U.S. Capitol uprising on Jan. 6, 2021 was “really important,” a panel member said Thursday night.
Kouchner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump and chief adviser to the White House during his tenure, reportedly spoke to the committee. More than six hours every Thursday. The interview, which is part of the ongoing investigation into the source of the deadly disturbance, was voluntary and conducted remotely.
Committee member Elaine Luria (D-Va.) Told MSNBC she could not provide details on what Kouchner was talking about, but she said she could provide solid information on events on Jan. 6 and be able to give his own report. About what happened that day.
Kouchner, who returned from Saudi Arabia during the uprising, was an integral part of the Trump administration.
“What I’ll tell you is, you know, we were able to ask him about his impressions on third-party reports about what happened that day and that day,” Luria told MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace. “So she was willing to give us information, verify, motivate, give her, you know, to consider this other account. So it’s really very important for us to talk to her”.
“The Department of Justice, it’s their job … to determine when this law was violated and hold people accountable … I, as a citizen of the United States, sincerely hope that the Department of Justice can find any violations. ” @RepElaine Luria may / @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/57nEntvuaS
– White House Deadline (@DeadlineWH) March 31, 2022
The interview took place after the White House said it did not require executive privilege to avoid the testimony of Kushner or his wife Ivanka Trump. The panel also expects to speak with Ivanka Trump, though it is not known when that will happen.
The panel continued to work for more than a year after a pro-Trump mob stormed the halls of the Capitol, trying to force Congress to cancel Joe Biden’s presidential election. Lawmakers have come across some shocking revelations, including recent reports that Ginny Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent nearly 2 dozen text messages urging Trump’s chief aide to help overthrow the elections.
The committee also said it intends to study the seven-hour interval in White House magazines from Jan. 6, 2021.
“We believe that because of the shortcomings, more work needs to be done to see if this is an attempt to prevent communication,” commission chairman Benny Thompson (D-Miss.) Told reporters this week.
Source: Huffpost
