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Fast Forward Sessions ‘Hate, Hate, Hates’ Kushner’s Prison Reform Plan, Pardon Push
Presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner’s continued push for prison reform is angering Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Vanity Fair reported Thursday. “He hate, hate, hates it,” a source close to Sessions told Vanity Fair about the attorney general’s view of Kushner’s partnership with CNN commentator and prison reform advocate Van Jones. Some sources said that Trump may…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Raked In $82 Million In Outside Income Last Year
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner brought in at least $82 million in outside income while serving as senior White House advisers during 2017, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday. Trump earned $3.9 million from her stake in the Trump International Hotel in Washington and more than $2 million in severance from the Trump Organization,…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner And Kim Kardashian Get Alice Johnson Pardoned
Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian West’s efforts to have President Trump pardon Alice Marie Johnson were successful today, Axios reported. The unlikely duo first met in May to discuss commuting Johnson’s life sentence. Johnson, a black woman in Mississippi, was sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a first-time…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Upset His Family By Working On Shabbat During Trump Campaign Crisis
A new book will reveal the tensions brewing within the Trump family, which have spread to Jared Kushner and his well-known Modern Orthodox family. “Born Trump,” an upcoming book by Vanity Fair journalist Emily Jane Fox, explores the First Family’s dynamics, arguing that understanding the children is the key to unlocking who President Trump really…
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Fast Forward Kim Kardashian Meets With Jared Kushner At White House To Talk Prison Reform
Following months of talks, Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday to discuss prison reform with Jared Kushner and President Trump, Vanity Fair reported. The Oval Office meeting centered around the reality star’s plea for the president to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, a black woman from Mississippi who was sentenced in 1996 to…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Laughed At Trump’s ‘Hispanic Rape’ Joke
In an Oval Office meeting last year, President Trump allegedly recited made-up Hispanic names and described potential crimes they could have committed, such as rape or murder— something that his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner found quite funny, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The scene reportedly took place the night before Trump’s first…
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Opinion 24 Yiddish Curses For Jared Kushner Now That He Has A Security Clearance
Editor’s note: The following is a satirical piece. Dear Jared, Mazel tov on finally getting your security clearance after 18 months of working in the administration and despite myriad conflicts of interest! When I told my bubbe about it, she began to curse in Yiddish — and asked me to translate her thoughts. May every…
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Fast Forward Kushner’s Security Clearance Restored After Second Meeting With Mueller
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner had his White House security clearance restored Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Kushner was stripped of his interim clearance in February amid a change in procedures following the resignation of Rob Porter, the President’s staff secretary, who had been allowed to remain…
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