Jared Kushner will appear virtually before the House Jan. 6 committee in a private hearing Thursday after the White House announced it would not assert executive privilege over Kushner's testimony.
Kushner served as a senior adviser to former Presidentand is married to his daughter Ivanka. The Jan. 6 committee will question Kushner regarding his role in the events leading up to and during the storming of the Capitol.
The committee is also expected to request testimony from Ivanka Trump. White House communications director Kate Bedingfield confirmed to reporters Tuesday that the White House has declined to limit Ivanka Trump and Kushner's testimony. In this Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at a press briefing. "The president has spoken to the fact that Jan. 6 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," Bedingfield told reporters during a daily briefing.
Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, speaks during a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Kushner is the highest ranking member of the Trump White House to agree to testify before the committee.
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