Trump’s son-in-law provides testimony on Capitol Hill riots

“He voluntarily provided information to us to verify, prove, express his own opinion about the information. So having the opportunity to talk with him was really valuable to us. me,” said Democrat Elaine Luri, a member of the House Inquiry Committee into the Capitol Hill riots, on April 1.

Two sources familiar with the matter said Kushner appeared online before investigators and spoke with a lawyer for the riot commission on March 31. A spokesman for the committee declined to disclose the testimony of the former US president’s son-in-law.

Kushner may have faced questions about Trump’s efforts to spread information about alleged fraud in the 2020 US presidential election.

Kushner is the husband of Ivanka Trump and he served as a senior adviser to his father-in-law. However, at the time of the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021, Kushner was not at the White House because he was on his way back from a business trip to Saudi Arabia.

Trump and their children have been repeatedly asked to testify in court on a number of legal issues recently, including a lawsuit related to the Capitol Hill riots and abuse of inauguration donations. grandfather.

Crowds of Trump supporters on January 6, 2021 stormed Capitol Hill during the US Congress meeting to certify Biden’s victory. The riot in the parliament house left 5 people dead and caused millions of dollars in damage, order was restored only after the Pentagon deployed the National Guard to respond. House Democrats then sought to impeach Trump, but he was acquitted by the Senate.

Ngoc Anh (According to Guardian)