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Kushner: Trump would have prevented violence on Jan. 6 if he knew about the riot beforehand

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said the 2021 Capitol riot was unexpected and that the president would’ve tried to prevent violence from happening if he had knowledge of it.

Mr. Kushner, who served as a White House senior adviser under Mr. Trump, disclosed his shock of the events of the day in his new memoir, titled “Breaking History.”

“What is clear to me is that no one at the White House expected violence that day. I’m confident that if my colleagues or the president had anticipated violence, they would have prevented it from happening,” Mr.