Kushner will turn on Trump after indictment in Russia probe: Wolff

The author of the explosive top-selling book exposing the inner workings of US President Donald Trump’s White House insists that the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will be indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into alleged Russia election meddling and will consequently turn on Trump.

Speaking at London event Friday evening to promote his book, Fire and Fury, author Michael Wolff further opined that Kushner’s indictment will come in the “bloodiest time in this administration,” suggesting that Mueller’s investigation could prompt Trump’s biggest crisis yet prior to the midterm US elections next November, when it is highly anticipated that the ruling Republican Party will lose its control of both houses of the US Congress.

“There is a pretty good possibility at this point that Jared will be indicted,” Wolff said as quoted in a Huffington Post report on Saturday in response to a question at the book-signing event on whether Trump would ultimately “fire his own daughter?”

“So the more direct question is will Trump throw his son-in-law under the bus, and then the corollary to that is, will his son-in-law throw his father-in-law under the bus?” Wolff emphasized. “And I think the answer to both of those questions is ‘yes’.”

According to the report, while discussing the incredibly high turnover rate of White House staff at the London event, Wolff was also asked about his opinion on Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump, who are among the most influential people in the US president’s inner circle despite their inexperience in foreign and political affairs.  

Describing the couple as “the most entitled people on earth”, Wolff further underlined that they have “not one scintilla of relevant experience to this job. Not one. And suddenly they are the most important people in the world.”

The development came as Kushner remained the center of controversy after the resignation of White House aide Rob Porter prompted Chief of Staff John Kelly to change the rules for obtaining a security clearance.

Rob Porter resigned after his two ex-wives accused him of domestic abuse.

Kushner remains among dozens of White House aides operating under an interim clearance, not yet fully cleared due to complications in their backgrounds. In the case of Kushner -- a rich, Jewish businessman from New York -- his financial links have taken a long time to examine.

PressTV-US trying to keep Kushner at job amid clearance dispute

US officials are trying to smooth frustration at the White House by finding a solution for Jared Kushner’s security clearance.

Kelly had set Friday as the deadline for adjudicating the cases of Kushner and others in clearance limbo. According to a source familiar with the issue, the situation has caused tensions between Kushner and Kelly.

Trump, meanwhile, has left it up to Kelly to decide on Kushner’s security clearance, saying at a joint news conference with visiting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Kelly “respects Jared a lot and General Kelly will make that call” on how to resolve the issue.

With Kelly seated nearby, Trump added, “I have no doubt he will make the right decision.”

Trump further praised Kushner, who is the administration’s point man in the so-called Israeli-Palestinian “peace talks,” pointing out that he serves without a salary.

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