Grisham calls Kushner “Rasputin in a fitted suit”

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Alibaba – To Vote or Not? Pelosi faces infrastructure decision in a forthcoming book describes the ancient President TrumpDonald Trump Biden and the Border Patrol: So good to have the “adults” in charge Lawmakers are asking the Air Force to “pause all action” on the movement of Space Command. job? FOLLOWINGthe son-in-law of Jared kushnerJared Corey KushnerThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Alibaba – To Vote or Not? Pelosi faces infrastructure decision Lack of space for helicopters forced Ivanka Trump and Kushner to abandon plans to meet Queen Elizabeth II like “Rasputin in a fitted suit”.

Grisham, who served as the White House press secretary for nine months, is set to publish a new book, “I’ll Answer Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House” on Tuesday.

In a section of the book that was adapted and published in Politico on Friday, Grisham criticized Kushner and his wife, Ivanka trumpIvanka Trump Biden attends congressional baseball game in a bid to save economic agenda Lack of space for helicopters has forced Ivanka Trump and Kushner to abandon plans to meet Queen Elizabeth II, for getting involved in White House decisions, including pushing for a national speech on COVID-19 last year.

In the adapted section of the book, Grisham describes how she discovered a meeting that was taking place on March 11, 2020, between Kushner, Hope HicksHope HicksThe Hill’s Morning Report – Featured by Facebook – US Prepares Vaccine Booster Plan House panel probing January 6 attack seeks Trump files UPDATE: McEnany and Fox News discuss on hiatus MORE and White House lawyer Pat Cipollone regarding an apparent need for Trump to give the nation an Oval Office address on COVID-19. The World Health Organization had just designated the virus as a pandemic.

Grisham explained that a meeting was held several hours later in the Oval Office so Trump could be briefed on the latest COVID-19 updates. During the meeting, Grisham claimed that his daughter, Ivanka Trump, had insisted that the president address the nation on the pandemic.

Grisham also claimed that Kushner worked with the president’s speechwriter and “dictated” what the president would say in front of the nation.

Katie Miller, assistant to the vice president, was married to the speechwriter Stephen millerStephen MillerThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Alibaba – To Vote or Not? Pelosi faces infrastructure move Republicans criticizing Afghan refugees face risks Progressives boil over Biden’s migrant policies MORE. So she went to Stephen’s office and sat there while Jared Kushner frantically dictated the address to Stephen, who wrote something, ”Grisham wrote.

The former White House press secretary expressed her frustration with Kushner for getting involved in the speech, saying that “the more I thought about it, the more outraged I became at Jared’s behavior.”

“He wasn’t an expert on any of these things – the border closures, the economic consequences, the health consequences – but he alone seemed to decide the country’s first actions to deal with one of the most devastating crises. of our history, ”she wrote. .

The Hill has reached out to a Trump spokesperson for comment.

Trump has criticized Grisham’s book before, most notably when she claimed Ivanka Trump and Kushner could not attend a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II due to lack of space for helicopters.

“She got very angry and bitter after her break-up and over time she was rarely invoked or even considered. She had big problems and we thought she had to sort it out on her own. Now, like everyone else, she gets paid by a radical left-wing editor to say bad and wrong things, ”Trump said in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday.