WASHINGTON – Ann Coulter, a controversial protagonist on the right, thought he knew who was behind the unnamed editorialist of an alleged White House official who landed in the New York Times last week: Jared Kushner, President's son-in-law Donald Trump.

Why does Ivanka Trump's husband and the father of the presidential grandchildren do such a thing?

"Because he and Ivanka will have to go back to the Upper East Side and go to the Hamptons," Coulter told the Daily Beast in an interview published Thursday. "They are probably worried that Trump will be withdrawn in the next few years."

She noted the timing of the editorial, which took place after the funeral of Senator John McCain. It was also "just after Labor Day, so they probably felt nostalgic for the Hamptons, and the only way for them to get home is if they can say," Do not worry, we're the ones who blocked the wall. & # 39; "

Apparently, no fan of the president's son-in-law, Coulter's new book, "Resistance is futile! How left-wing Trump-Hating lost its collective spirit," includes a hypothetical scenario where Trump shot Kushner.

"I do not particularly want to attack Jared, but OK, there was" Fire Jim Comey, it's a great idea. "" Luther Strange, it's a great idea. "There was" let's start with some discounts. " 39, taxes, because that's what Mitch McConnell wants. "There was" let's praise Anthony Scaramucci – he's fantastic, Pops! "She told the Daily Beast.

Coulter is far from being the first commentator to come up with unsubstantiated speculations about who might be behind the op-ed.

Trump's former adviser, Omarosa Maginault Newman, speculated that Vice President Mike Pence or someone from his office was the author, an accusation that Pence vehemently denied.

Trump himself said "no one knows who he is, or she" who wrote about a "resistance" inside the White House that works to protect the country from Trump's worst impulses.

The Chair asked the Department of Justice to look into the matter.

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