Jared Kushner’s Path to Political Power
Kushner’s past meetings and business dealings came under investigation in the fall of 2017 by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his probe into Russia’s meddling with the 2016 presidential election. In 2019, he was referred to federal prosecutors for inconsistencies in his testimony. Though mostly resigned to private life and business after his time at the White House, Kushner and his wife, Ivanka, were subpoenaed by special counsel in 2023 to testify about the January 6 Capitol raid and the aftermath of the 2020 election.
Kushner’s time at the top of the Washington power structure was marked by challenges, as he had to navigate Trump’s inconsistent policies, West Wing power struggles, and an improbably broad array of job duties. In January 2020, an official proposed peace plan regarding Israel and Palestine spearheaded by Kushner and based upon his subsequent years of study of and involvement with the issue was released.
