for the voluntary interview virtually, making him the highest ranking member of the trump administration to appear before the committee and the first member of the family. kushner was out of the country in the run-up to january 6th, 2021, and didn't return from saudi arabia until the day of the capitol riot. but he frequently advised trump on sensitive matters, and his name did surface in the investigation this week when "the washington post" and cbs news reported on text messages in the committee's possession. they were sent between then white house chief of staff mark meadows and ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, after the 2020 election. in one message dated november 13th, 2020, thomas wrote, "just forwarded to your gmail an email i sent jared this a.m. sidney powell and improved coordination will now help the cavalry come and fraud exposed and america saved." nbc has not independently