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Fast Forward WATCH: Kushner Won’t Say If Trump’s Birtherism Was Racist
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner repeatedly refused to say in an interview with Axios aired on HBO Sunday whether his father-in-law President Trump’s conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s heritage were racist. After Kushner told interviewer Jonathan Swan that he had never seen Trump say or do anything racist, Swan asked, “Was birtherism racist?” “Look,…
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Fast Forward Kushner, Descendant Of Refugees, Defends Trump Slashing Asylum-Seeking Entries
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said it “doesn’t make a difference” whether the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States has been significantly lowered by President Trump. Kushner, whose grandparents arrived in the country after fleeing the Holocaust, shared his views on immigration with “Axios on HBO” on Sunday. He said his…
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Fast Forward Palestinians To Boycott Kushner’s Peace Plan Launch: ‘We Were Not Consulted’
(JTA) — Palestinian leaders rejected a plan for an economic workshop announced as the first part of the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan. The Palestinians say they were not consulted on the plan to hold the conference next month in Bahrain. Finance ministers and global and regional business leaders will meet June 25-26 in Manama…
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Fast Forward GOP Senators ‘Underwhelmed’ With Kushner And Miller’s Immigration Plan
Republican senators were “underwhelmed” by White House senior advisers Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller’s proposal to overhaul the United States’ immigration system, CNN reported. “I think folks in the room were underwhelmed” with the “whole plan,” a senior GOP official told CNN. The pitch meeting was held after weeks of discussions with key officials on…
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Fast Forward Trump, Ivanka, Jared Kushner Sued For Not Keeping Notes In Meetings With Putin, Kim Jong-Un And Others
A nonprofit watchdog group is suing Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner for not keeping records of their dealings with leaders of several countries, including Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Courthouse News reported. The Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a federal complaint against Trump, Kushner…
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Fast Forward Washington Man Arrested For Threatening To Kill Kushner
(JTA) — Police have arrested a Washington state man for making death threats against Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. weeks after he posted his intentions on social media, The Washington Post reported. Chase Bliss Colasurdo, 27, who lives in the Seattle area, indicated that he wanted to murder Kushner, a key White House adviser and…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Anderson Cooper Mocks ‘Kushner’s Notes’ Version Of Mueller Report
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said there wasn’t much to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — so CNN’s Anderson Cooper called him out on it. Cooper said Kushner, who also is President Trump’s son-in-law, was “gaslighting” Americans when he broke down the Russian election interference at the heart of the 448-page inquiry into “a couple…
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Fast Forward French Ambassador: Kushner Has ‘No Guts,’ Peace Plan ‘99% Doomed To Fail’
Outgoing French Ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud told the Atlantic on Friday that he was “close” with White House senior advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner but that Kushner’s Middle East peace plan was likely “doomed to fail.” Araud has long been known for his outspoken nature – he tweeted after President Trump was elected in…
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