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WASHINGTON Back on his home turf after an eight-day foreign trip, President Donald Trump is once again facing down controversy and now it's hitting close to home.
Trump was greeted on U.S. soil by new reports involving his son-in-law-turned-senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner. NBC News reported Thursday that Kushner has come under FBI scrutiny in the Russia investigation, with multiple officials telling NBC News that investigators believe Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry. That doesn't mean, however, that they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him.
A source familiar with the thinking inside the White House told NBC News that a few individuals have even suggested to Kushner that he should "lay low," in the aftermath of those reports and new revelations that he sought to set up a secret back-channel with Russia. Separately, a White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told NBC News that at least one staffer was speechless when they learned about reports of a purported Russia back channel.
Despite that request, there is no indication that the president shares that view and Kushner remains one of his top advisers. "Jared is doing a great job for the country," the president told The New York Times Sunday. "I have total confidence in him. He is respected by virtually everyone and is working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars. In addition to that, and perhaps more importantly, he is a very good person."
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I note that President Trump didn't specify which country Jared is doing a great job for.
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)we're waiting for the next shiny thing to pop up.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Right before he resigned?
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)believe that something like punishment or retribution can happen to him or his family. He's spent his life as a privileged person with all kinds of rich friends and hand ups. He's not going to skip a damn beat unless they get him the heck out of there.