SENATE TO QUESTION TRUMP’S SONINLAW
US PREZ WANTS KUSHNER TO OVERSEE BUREAUCRACY REVAMP
WASHINGTON: The US Senate Intelligence Committee is seeking to interview President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as part of its investigation into ties between Trump associates and Russian officials.
Rebecca Glover Watkins, a spokeswoman for Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, confirmed that Kushner has been called.
Kushner, an adviser to Trump during his presidential campaign and in the White House, would be the closest person to the president to be questioned in the congressional investigations into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
At least four congressional committees are probing possible Russian attempts to influence the vote and any ties between Moscow and Trump associates. FBI Director James Comey confirmed the agency’s investigation last week.
A White House official told Reuters that Kushner has volunteered to speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee but has not received confirmation.
The news came as Trump was to announce that Kushner will oversee a broad effort to overhaul the federal government, according to a White House official.
Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, will lead the newly formed White House Office of American Innovation to leverage business ideas and potentially privatise some government functions, the official said, confirming a Washington Post story.
“The government should be run like a great American company. Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens,” Kushner told the Post in an interview.
In a statement to the Post, Trump said: “I promised the American people I would produce results, and apply my ‘ahead of schedule, under budget’ mentality to the government.”
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO JUMP WHITE HOUSE FENCE THRICE
A 38-year-old woman in the United States, who was apprehended twice for allegedly trying to jump the White House fence last week, has been arrested for scaling a fence at the Treasury Building. Marci Anderson Wahl of Everett, Washington, was arrested after an alarm sounded at about 2:15 am on Sunday when she scaled a fence at the Treasury Building, next to the White House.