Hakeem Jeffries defends his meeting with Trump envoy Jared Kushner

House minority leader is under attack from his own party for ‘affordability crisis’ meeting with president’s son-in-law Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting US politics live – latest updates Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the US House of Representatives, has defended his meeting with Jared Kushner and claimed it was arranged at the request of Donald Trump’s son-in-law. Jeffries, who has come under attack from Democrats since the New York…