• Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner played a key role in laying the groundwork for Mike Pence to be selected as the 2016 GOP vice presidential nominee, but admits now that it had a “painful” beginning.
• “After we read the vetting files of the three candidates, I joked that Christie’s file read like a John Grisham thriller, Gingrich’s read like a Danielle Steel romance novel, and Pence’s read like the Bible. I thought Pence was the perfect choice,” said Kushner in his new book.

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