WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Kushner's Senate Interview (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Well, now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Lamboree fixed

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<v Speaker 1>bloring legal issues in the news and Todave. Bloomberg Law

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<v Speaker 1>host Jun Grosso and Michael Best discuss White House Advisor

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner's interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian

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<v Speaker 1>interference in the twenty sixteen election. They speak with Renato Mariotti,

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<v Speaker 1>a partner at Thompson Cockburn, and Andrew Wright, a professor

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<v Speaker 1>at Savannah Law School. He had a closed door meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>but he put out a statement, and now he makes

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<v Speaker 1>a statement before before the cameras which reiterates what he said,

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<v Speaker 1>so he has his his message out there. Obviously, the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that he's doing the interview is going to dredge

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<v Speaker 1>up all the previous reporting and that'll get re recited

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<v Speaker 1>in the news cycles today. But he's getting to put

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<v Speaker 1>his spin on and that was really one of the

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<v Speaker 1>chief benefits of negotiating to a private interview for him

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<v Speaker 1>um rather than a public hearing. But on the committee side,

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<v Speaker 1>they get a lot of benefits out of this. They've

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<v Speaker 1>now locked him into certain statements and they haven't given

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<v Speaker 1>up any of their parag have to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>bring him back under subpoena voluntarily to testify in front

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<v Speaker 1>of the committee, um and in front of the public.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think both sides came away um as a

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<v Speaker 1>legal matter with some benefit to this, and Jared Kushner's

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<v Speaker 1>media strategies at the center from his side of that

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<v Speaker 1>negotiation reno UM. So just in terms of how this

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<v Speaker 1>will proceed, You've got the Special Council, You've got the committees.

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<v Speaker 1>Once they get these statements, where where does it go

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<v Speaker 1>from here? So I would expect that that Mueller's team

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<v Speaker 1>will be, you know, has already been, you know, giving

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<v Speaker 1>regular reports to Congress about what they're doing and coordinating

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<v Speaker 1>with Congress. So this way, there's no um, there's no

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<v Speaker 1>way in which either of the investigations are undermining the

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<v Speaker 1>others so that they can work in concert. I know

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<v Speaker 1>there have been public reports that have suggested just that.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh and and frankly, from what I've seen to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the congressional committees have been very deferential of Ler and

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<v Speaker 1>the investigation that he's doing. So what I would expect

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<v Speaker 1>is that this interview before Congress, would be before a

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<v Speaker 1>Congressional committee, would be a piece of evidence that Mueller

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<v Speaker 1>would use I expect that at some point in the future,

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<v Speaker 1>Mueller will be potentially, you know, seeking interviews with many others, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>including Mr Kushner, and it'll be interesting to see if

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<v Speaker 1>they agree to sit for an interview with him. He

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<v Speaker 1>may try to compel testimony before a grand jury. UH,

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<v Speaker 1>and ultimately that process can can take, you know, many months.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Renato Mariani, a partner at Thompson Cockburn, and Andrew Wright,

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<v Speaker 1>a professor at Savannah Law School, speaking with the Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>Law host Jon Grosso and Michael Best. You can listen

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