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https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-trump-lawyers-wanted-kushner-out-1505175772?mod=e2tw
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...step-down-over-russia-probe-report/ar-AArKyma
Several of President Trump's lawyers advised him earlier this summer that White House adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner should step down from his role over potential legal complications with the ongoing Russia investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Sources familiar with the matter told the Journal that some of Trump's lawyers were concerned about Kushner, who had several meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign, and brought those concerns to Trump himself.
Press aides to Trump's legal team allegedly even went so far as to draft a statement explaining why Kushner was leaving the White House.
. . .
The head of Trump's legal team, John Dowd, said he didn't agree with Trump's other lawyers in their assessment of Kushner.
"I didn't agree with that view at all. I thought it was absurd," Dowd told The Journal. "I made my views known."
Trump reportedly held the same view, with one source telling the newspaper that the president thought Kushner had done nothing wrong and had no reason to step down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...step-down-over-russia-probe-report/ar-AArKyma
Several of President Trump's lawyers advised him earlier this summer that White House adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner should step down from his role over potential legal complications with the ongoing Russia investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Sources familiar with the matter told the Journal that some of Trump's lawyers were concerned about Kushner, who had several meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign, and brought those concerns to Trump himself.
Press aides to Trump's legal team allegedly even went so far as to draft a statement explaining why Kushner was leaving the White House.
. . .
The head of Trump's legal team, John Dowd, said he didn't agree with Trump's other lawyers in their assessment of Kushner.
"I didn't agree with that view at all. I thought it was absurd," Dowd told The Journal. "I made my views known."
Trump reportedly held the same view, with one source telling the newspaper that the president thought Kushner had done nothing wrong and had no reason to step down.