Jeffries confirms Kushner meeting, vows ‘Trump cartel’ won’t get a pass

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) confirmed his private meeting with Jared Kushner, then backtracked and vowed that no one in the “Trump cartel” would get a pass.

Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and an influential figure in the Trump administration, met with Jeffries sometime recently to discuss housing, immigration, and cost of living as “potential areas of common ground,” according to a New York Times report published Sunday. After heavy backlash from Democrats, Jeffries ultimately confirmed the meeting in a video statement on X, which he devoted almost entirely to criticizing Trump.

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