a bizarre combination of things in america. jared kushner, 36 years old, no politics back ground. he worked in his family s real estate company and then married ivanka trump. jared kushner is now a senior white house adviser as well as being related by marriage to the president. he has just hired one of the most prominent criminal defense lawyers in the country. he has hired abbe lowell. that news coming in tonight as the white house also announced that they have finally submitted the nomination for the person they want to be the new fbi director after the president fired james comey. christopher wray christopher wray. w he was named as the new nominee several weeks ago but tonight the white house finally put his name forward to the senate. formally. so they can consider his nomination. those confirmation hearings should be fun. i mentioned before there are two things we re gesture learning about now that may explain why jared kushner is putting