WASHINGTON – Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, testified before a grand jury along with other witnesses in recent weeks regarding Trump’s alleged effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election, according to reports.
The New York Times reported that witnesses were asked whether Trump acknowledged he lost the 2020 election − evidence that could determine whether federal prosecutors will bring charges against Trump in connection with Jan. 6, delaying President Joe Biden’s certification to office and promoting baseless claims the election was “rigged.”
Kushner testified last month that he was under the impression Trump believed the election was stolen, the Times reported. But the special counsel’s office also interviewed former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin in the spring, who told prosecutors that Trump said “Can you believe I lost to Joe Biden?” in the days following the election.
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Witnesses were also asked whether aides told Trump he lost and what the former president was saying in the leadup to the 2020 election, according to the Times.
Justice Department Special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland last year, is overseeing the investigation.
He is also overseeing another investigation related to Trump’s handling of classified records kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House in 2021. Trump was indicted in that case last month and pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom.
Despite Trump’s legal troubles, he still remains the frontrunner for the Republican Party in the primary polls for the 2024 election.
