BOOK: Kushner Attempted To Get WaPo Editor Fired

The Guardian reports:

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, tried to persuade the publisher of the Washington Post to fire its editor over coverage of the Russia investigation, that editor, Marty Baron, writes in a new book.

“With no delay and without pause during his four years as president,” Baron writes, “Trump and his team would go after the Post and everyone else in the media who didn’t bend to his wishes.

Baron’s book, Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos and the Washington Post, will be published next Tuesday. The book arrives amid renewed attacks on the press by Trump. Last week, the former president turned Republican frontrunner promised action against Comcast, owner of MSNBC and NBC, for “country-threatening treason”.

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In his new book, Marty Baron (⁦@PostBaron)⁩ writes that Kushner tried to get him fired over the ⁦@washingtonpost⁩’s coverage of Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign and Trump’s many ties with Moscow. ⁦@MartinPengelly⁩ https://t.co/qSA0snH4Qi

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 27, 2023