some new twists today in a constant drama. chief of staff john kelly is central to the new plot twist. forces telling cnn kelly was annoyed ivanka trump was chosen to lead the u.s. delegation to close out the winter olympics. he told us in private conversations, he has referred to the president s daughter as, quote, playing government. kelly also has questions about jared kushner. he still won t know how kushner s security clearance is proceeding after others are not likely to get security clearance. playing governme playing government? if i was the president s daughter, i wouldn t take to that too well. i will just say anybody who didn t expect something along these lines to happen on a pretty regular basis when a
been so far. a new request from lawmakers for more of jared kushner s personal communications about russia and wikileaks. just the latest example of how kushner, the president s son-in-law and senior adviser, is involved in most of the key moments of interest to investigators. as they seek answers on russian meddling and any collusion with the trump campaign sbloo i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. kushner s role is being looked at across many areas of the special counsel and congressional investigations, including rel agsz just this week he forwarded an e-mail about donald trump jr. s communications with wikileaks to then campaign aide hope hicks. he also played a role in the firing of former fbi director james comey by supporting the decision. and cnn has learned investigators are asking witnesses about kushner s involvement in the firing that is now part of the obstruction of justice probe. he spearheaded the campaign s data analytics operation
about. kind of walks through the events leading up to that statement that the president put out and this goes back to the russia conversation we were having earlier in the show, leading up to that meeting that don jr. called with russians back in 2016. kind of details of how kushner was on the phone with his lawyers, perhaps frantically e-mailing, perhaps having a different, you know, set of motives than his brother-in-law. has the russia investigation and kushner s role in it kind of upset the apple cart here for his role in family trump? what we know is that this is pointing towards some kind of financial investigations, financial ties and for a long time we have looked at that meeting that he had with russian bankers and we thought well, was this potentially about the trump administration trying to do some kind of quid pro quo with sanctions? well, this introduces a second narrative that again we re being a bunch of dots are being thrown at us, that we can t you know, can t conn
equal work and i will fight for this too right along side of him. that was ivanka trump at the republican national convention just last summer vowing to support equal pay. but now the trump administration with an okay from ivanka has taken action to stop a rule that would have required large companies to report employees salaries broken down by race, gender and ethnicity. critics say it weakens the fight for equal pay which has been one of her signature issues. it comes during a busy week of headlines for her and her husband, jared kushner. kushner s family business owes millions of dollars and is struggling to get cash to pay back its loans. and of course there s another headline this week, vanity fair on how isolated jared and ivanka are in d.c. part of it reads, quote, they know they can never have their new york life back as it existed before donald trump started his campaign nor do they want to give up the power of their current positions in washington.
russian lawyer is on the list of questions for kushner. so, i talked today with the perp w perpson who is running the trump campaign corey lewandowski about that and so much more. appreciate you being here. great to be here. thank you. let s start off with the big news of the day and frankly this hour. jared kushner on capitol hill being interviewed by staffers on the senate intelligence committee. we know donald trump jr. and paul manafort questioned down the road. are you confident we will not see any more interactions with members or reps of the russian government from members of the trump campaign? you know, hallie, i can t speak to that. i don t know what paul manafort did or didn t do or other individuals. but what i can tell you with the utmost certainty is this. jared kushner has been completely transparent. he has provided information, which he was not required to provide.