Hypotheticals Are Sooo Haaard

File - In this Monday, June 19, 2017 file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at a White House meeting in Washington. President Donald Trump's son in law and chief Mideast adviser, Jared Kushner, i... File - In this Monday, June 19, 2017 file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at a White House meeting in Washington. President Donald Trump's son in law and chief Mideast adviser, Jared Kushner, is headed to Jerusalem for his first working visit in hopes of laying the ground work for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. T(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) MORE LESS
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One other nugget from the Axios on HBO interview of Jared Kushner:

Asked why he didn’t call the FBI when he received the email setting up the the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, Kushner became agitated and highly defensive. He dismissed is as a “clown show.” But asked if he’d call the FBI now if such a thing were to happen again, Kushner demurred. “I don’t know. It’s hard to do hypotheticals.”

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