WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner is scheduled to answer questions from the House panel investigating last year’s insurrection at the Capitol Thursday in a private interview conducted remotely, a person familiar with the plans said.
There’s been no sign that Kushner intends to refuse the committee’s invitation to voluntarily appear, the person said. The select committee also has requested an interview with Kushner’s wife, Ivanka Trump. The White House said on Tuesday that it would reject any assertion of executive privilege by Kushner or Ivanka Trump to avoid questioning.
Kushner would be the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration to talk with congressional investigators probing the events before, during and days after the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol by a mob of the former president’s supporters.
