Donald Trump Jr. reportedly thinks Jared Kushner leaked his Trump Tower meeting
There apparently isn't much brother-in-lawly love to be spared in the Trump family.
The president's son Donald Trump Jr. and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are fighting behind the scenes to control President Trump's reelection campaign, "five sources close to the White House" recently told Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman. But the feud is nothing new, seeing as Trump Jr. reportedly even suspecs it was Kushner who spilled the beans on his infamous Trump Tower meeting more than a year ago.
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Now Trump Jr. is reportedly experiencing "paranoia about Kushner," and scrambles to clean up gaffes that may give Kushner "any excuses to delegitimize him," a person close to Trump Jr. tells Sherman. Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told Vanity Fair that "none of this is true," while the White House did not respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, here's what Trump Jr. had to say. Kathryn Krawczyk
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