charlie kushner, jared's father, had an idea to knock down this building and build another in its placeensive and such a moonshot that most u.s.-based investors just considered it a nonstarter. they had to take that plan to someplace where they wouldn't be laughed out of the room. >> i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. >> after the election, jared kushner became a senior adviser to the president. he sold his share of 666 to his family and put part of his financial portfolio in a blind trust run by his mother. in 2018, kushner's attorney, abbe lowell, told msnbc that his client was no longer part of any decisions about the property. >> before he entered government, the 666 fifth avenue was an asset that he completely divested himself in. >> frank fig losezy is a former assistant director for 4 intelligence at the fbi and an nbc news national security contributor. >> what is the difference between having a blind trust or divesting and going to an outside party, versus going back to your family? >> a true divestiture, a truly blind trust, is wh