Two of Donald Trump's longtime top aides — his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and political adviser Hope Hicks, were interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of the criminal investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to reports, Kushner told Smith that Trump genuinely believed the election had been stolen from him.
These interviews are massively important to establish the former president's intent, argued former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers on CNN Thursday.
"How much of a window can prosecutors get on Trump's intent — key word, intent — on his in-laws like Jared Kushner, his son-in-law?" asked Wolf.
"They can get a lot," said Rodgers. "Also Hope Hicks. These are two of the people who were around him most in those days following the election and leading up to January 6th."
"There were others as well, Mark Meadows and others," Rodgers continued, "But these are two people who were often in the room, and so as Trump and his allies were discussing what to do now about the election, the fact that he lost, how they're going to move forward with the court cases and the other steps they ended up taking, they would be two of the people there listening to the back and forth. Really critical evidence about what the former president knew when they were making all of those plans."
All of this comes amid the backdrop of the federal case Smith brought against Trump, involving the alleged theft of classified documents, continuing to move ahead, with a back and forth between prosecutors and defense about when to hold the trial.
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