wasn t going to pay it back. then why would they do it? that s the great $64,000 question. let s talk about your piece in the new york times just yesterday, jed. you called for the new york a.g. to do exactly this kind of investigation, a civil proceeding against the trump organization, one that could end up with the company being dissolved. how extensive to the crimes have to be to warrant that. the steps they took last night, the crimes don t have be to in grand scope. it could be a business is engaged in fraud and what they acted on is and keep in mind this is confusing to some republican officials today this. is the new york state attorney general, so this independent of federal interference. so the crimes can be relatively narrow for them to act. but the next step as they find out more from deutsche bank about not just some of these federal crimes but state crimes consist in new york of bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud. if they find enough pattern of
john kelly has since resigned. they are the survivors. well, they are the survivors. you know, there are two things about that story that ring true to me. one is the president s impatience. he is not a very patient man, and it s quite likely that a few things occurred that he really found distasteful, and he did say something about getting rid of them. the other part of it that rings true is the scheme, you know, this idea that somehow they were going to make jared and ivanka miserable, and then that would force them to resign. that s also consistent with the way the president operates. but they do have sticking power, but i actually think that the notion that they re moderating where the president is concerned is something the jury is out on. it s an idea that ivanka trump promoted when they were in private business. she often let it be known to
found women s economic empowerment to be a special project for her. she s gotten some funding for that in the new budget. she s also taken on work and family leave rights. she s been to congress. she s sort of forged relationships on capitol hill. certainly it took them some time to find the footing, but i think now that they re there and they ve seen what the white house is like and what washington can be like as we saw in that clip, ivanka saying she didn t expect sort of the viciousness, the personal attacks. once she s gotten past, that i think they have the idea that they re going to stick it out. certainly the rumors, again, of them leaving, of them packing it up and heading back to new york, whether by, you know, the president s sort of scheming or on their own volition, those things haven t played out. and i think it s, again, jared kushner has the middle east. he has a lot of projects going on. you know, there are flashes of troubled news about security clearances and other in
law enforcement professionals those things that are currently under criminal investigation. sdny, the other u.s. attorney s office can handle those criminal probes. congress should do what they re good at, oversight. delving in these interests that are never going to be the subject of criminal probes. do you mean for example when it comes to finances, the emoluments clause? this notion of whether u.s. policy is being set based on not is what in the best interest of the country but what is in the best interest of trump and his pocketbook and the kushner business. like the saudi deal for example. exactly. those are things that are not going to be quid pro quo cases. that s what congress should focus on. and they have the power to get and release trump s taxes. and they re moving down that road today. that s something that s a unique power and something they campaigned on and it s
asking if kushner business ties influenced white house policy. his troubles getting credentials. jared kushner, president trump s son-in-law and senior adviser has been stripped of his high-level security clearance. his interactions with russian officials. jared kushner tried to set up a back channel to communicate with the russians in december before the inauguration. through a tul jared kushner has steadfastly remained a key player. he s managing several of the highest-profile portfolios within the white house right now. to be able to maneuver through those, he s an extremely effective leader. despite being one of the most influential people in the country, kushner is virtually invisible. jared has been very strategic, he s never been a public persona. he doesn t speak publicly. very few people even heard his voice. ivanka loves the press. she loves her social media profile.