| Loyal under fire: Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner poised to become presidential confidant |
His father's imprisonment over donations to Democrats was a defining and pivotal episode for Jared Kushner. The scandal revealed a fundamental trait — unflinching loyalty — that reappeared this year on the campaign trail as Kushner publicly defended his father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump.
When Trump enters the White House, Kushner, 35, is expected to play the role of informal gatekeeper and confidant to the president. Several Trump associates have said Kushner will be a chief of staff in all but name, with wide-ranging if sometimes hard-to-quantify influence, and a voice equal to incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus and Trump’s chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon. |
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