Former presidential senior adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump will not be asserted executive privilege by the White House as their voluntary testimonies before the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack draw near.
At Tuesday’s White House press briefing, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield was handling the questioning when she called on CNN’s White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins. After a couple of interrogatives on Russian forces in Ukraine, Collins turned to the matter of former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law’s upcoming testimony on any involvement he may have had in the events that transpired.
“Jared Kushner is set to testify before the January 6th Committee on Thursday virtually,” the reporter began. “Has the White House had any communication with him about whether or not you’re going to waive any executive privilege claims that he could make?”
Leafing through her papers, Bedingfeld appeared to read a prepared statement on the matter verbatim, only occasionally glancing up at Collins.
“So, obviously, the president has spoken to the fact that January 6th was one of the darkest days in our country’s history and that we must have a full accounting of what happened to ensure that it never occurs again,” she offered, framing the White House’s perception of the gravity of the events.
“And he’s been quite clear that they posed a unique threat to our democracy,” Bedingfield went on, “and that the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from Congress or the public information about an attack on the Constitution itself.”
She concluded by stating, “And so, as a result, the White House has decided not to assert executive privilege over the testimony of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.”
Collins sought clarity on whether the statement from the communications director would be the first Kushner heard of the White House’s decision, asking, “And have you communicated that to Jared Kushner’s team? Or is this a communication error?”
“I won’t speak to private communications between our attorneys and his,” Bedingfield replied before moving to the next reporter, signaling she would add nothing further on the subject.
Trump’s efforts to assert executive privilege over certain White House records were already knocked down by a federal appeals court that ruled it was up to the current executive to determine what garnered such privilege. Biden’s administration dismissed any concern about setting a precedent remaining solely focused on the wide net they had cast in the ongoing partisan investigation.
While some of the stones that the committee seeks to turn over include communications on Jan 6 like an alleged call that Sen. Lindsay Graham made to Ivanka Trump that had him reportedly telling the president’s daughter, “This thing is going south. This is not good. You’re going to have to tell these people to stand down,” and more outlandish efforts relate to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife.
Ginni Thomas, an active participant in conservative movements, had tweeted about the president’s rally that morning and was reported to have texted Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows 29 times after the election. Such a connection, Democrats argue, is enough to insist that Justice Thomas recuse himself from any potential cases regarding the committee’s findings, further proving the partisan nature of what many on the right consider to be a witch hunt.
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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31 thoughts on “Biden rejects executive privilege for Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump ahead of Jan. 6 committee testimony”
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The J6 Democrats can insist all they want but ONLY Justice Thomas gets to decide rather to recuse or not from any case. That goes for all nine of the Justices as SCOTUS has decided that SCOTUS is exempt for federal guidelines for jurists. No Executive Privilege, no problem. There is always the Hillary defense of “I don’t recall” or the 5th amendment.
After reading some of the comments below – am I just hallucinating or do I remember that in the past most Republican representatives don’t use precedents set by Democrats. I seem to recall Hillary Clinton being involved in the deaths of 4 Americans at Benghazi, using a unsecure internet system, using an unsecure cell phone, destroying several cell phones, destroying evidence, selling uranium to Russia which included Obama’s actions, the Russian Dossier, visit to Pedophile Island with Bill, the Haiti debacle and the Clinton Foundation, former employees and diplomats mysterious deaths, receiving debate questions prior to the debate from Donna Brazile, Adam Schiff’s lying to Congress and the American public about his so-called anonymous whistle-blower (claims immunity), women accusing Kavanaugh of various sexual predation, etc., etc., etc. There is so much more from the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations it would take too long. Republicans just use worthless Congressional Hearings to stir up the public to ensure they will be voted back in by appearing to care about us. Sorry, the Democrats know this and they are not afraid to do what they are doing. And yes, don’t forget the 19 present RINO’s in Congress. Collins announced yesterday she was going to vote for Brown for Supreme Court Justice.
and I reject executive privelege for eric “the n***er” holder who obama sheltered from prosecution for lying/refusing to testify before congress!!!!!
as well as the rest of the communist bas***ds in dc!!!!
Just wait until this so-called president gets pulled into Hunter’s mess. It’s on tape. Joe couldn’t resist running his big mouth, trying to sound big, bad, and brave, and admitted to using our tax dollars to get a prosecutor fired, that was investigating the “smartest man he knows!”
Off Course the Asshole will Use Executive Privilege for Anyone in His Administration!
The GROSS INJUSTICES by the dems has to stop or there WILL be some “GROSS” Injustices that they won’t enjoy. One thing for sure – the next R President MUST use ALL the Precedents that have been established and go BACK to The Segment of Excrement Oblama and then “Pres LOL” and release EVERYTHING!!! Oblama and Biden and everyone associated with them should be charged with CONSPIRACY To deprive PRESIDENT TRUMP of his TERM in Office! I think his LAWSUIT is just the beginning. He can use DISCOVERY and also FORCE all the corrupt scum to give depositions!
Every Single thing this Illegitimate Administration has Done Needs to be Reversed 100%! All the Illegal Invaders Need to be Rounded Up and Deported! All the Money Taken from Citizens will be Returned! All the Lawbreakers Will Go to Jail!
AND THE PELOUSY POLITICAL PRISONERS MADE WHOLE, AND THE FBI THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.
the kangaroo clown court ready to spring.
FJB!!!!
My fear is if they find Trump and company guilty there WILL BE another Jan 6th. Biden has destroyed the USA aand were becoming just another sh-thole country.
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Well well. SloJoe will not allow executive privilege to stand as it relates to communications between a father and his daughter & son-in-law. Biden will regret that position once Hunter starts getting questioned about his father’s involvement with the corrupt dealings in China, Russia, Ukraine, etc. And as to Biden calling Jan 6th a dark day for our democracy, I think a compromised “president” (such as Biden) is a far greater threat to our democracy than people who protest at their Capitol.
The demonRat communist party will pay the piper…Tick-Tock…Kushner’s will plead the 5th…as they should for this dog and pony show….just sayin’
Karma is going to bite Gestapo Joe right in the ass, when he tries to shield his minions during the upcoming impeachment trial and the republicans quote Joe with what he has said about those who worked for President Trump, which is NO executive privilege. This illegitimate committee needs to be disbanded. The committee does not consist of ANY minority members appointed by minority leader, and that is against house rules, and has been for over 100 years. Let’s go Brandon. FJB
The January 6 unselect committee coverup hoax will be the darkest day in our history as the weight of November 3 election fraud evidence and resulting decertifications shine a giant floodlight on these insurrectionists.
Brandon does not make that determination.
January 6 might have been a dark day but the day the gopher came out of its hole and found out it was a supposed President was the absolute DARKEST DAY EVER. It has been dark ever since and getting DARKER!!!!
The worst day in our nations history.
. . . was November 3, 2020.
Wasting time and money on this Jan 6 nonsense. This will only make things worse for Hunter, who committed real crimes when the GOP takes the House in November.
Can’t wait until the GOP takes over and starts handing out subpoenas on all of them. Then THEY will all try to claim executive privilege. F***ing hypocrites.
After the Xiden cabal has been deposed, I can`t wait to hear their reactions when their claims of executive privilege have been denied. This will be very amusing!
The investigation into the Biden family will take beyond 2024 and then woe is joe. No executive privilege, but you figure he won’t know the oval office from a prison cell anyway.
We’ll see how often demented Joe and his administration exerts executive privilege when he and members of his family are called to the witness stand over Hunter’s laptop and corruption fiasco.
Biden executive privilege is already denied. Wait until we get our hands on what has been going on behind the scene!!!
Take him to court. They were in the administration. Even if he was mentally stable he still wouldn’t know what they had access to. And he forgets, the smartest man he knows, his son who likes blow, has some problems of his own coming up that don’t look like they are going to go away anytime soon. He forgets the midterms are coming and his poll numbers are in the toilet. He forgets that he’s raised inflation to an all time high and blames Putin. He says things without a thought as to how it might affect people in our country. He should have been removed using the 25th Amendment already but here we are suffering. Food, gas and medicine shortages are coming and prices are high already and he’s biting himself in the butt yet again.
If Kushner and Ivanka were smart they would refuse to answer any questions-just take the 5th like Hillary and her corrupt circle of sycophants did before Congress.
What goes around comes around, right Biden, your administration, including the J6 Committee, and Demoncrats/Rinos? Karma is you know what! Systematic lawlessness in this WH and the whole of this gov’t is totally pathetic!
Oh but watch what ole Brandon will pull when his crackhead boy gets busted.
Thats the reason hes trying to go after Kushner and Ivanka. He knows his son is guilty and hes trying to divert attention. Anything Trump is their whipping post.