Presidential adviser Jared Kushner is causing waves after a rare televised interview on “Axios with HBO,” in which he defended the policies of his father-in-law, President Trump. Axios interviewer Jonathan Swan repeatedly pressed Kushner on whether he believes Trump is a racist — citing Trump’s repeated false claims that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

Jonathan Swan: “Was birtherism racist?”

Jared Kushner: “Um, look, I wasn’t really involved in that.”

Jonathan Swan: “I know you weren’t. Was it racist?”

Jared Kushner: “Like I said, I wasn’t involved in that.”

Jonathan Swan: “I know you weren’t. Was it racist?”

Jared Kushner: “Look, I know who the president is, and I have not seen anything in him that is racist. So, again, I was not involved in that.”

Jonathan Swan: “Did you wish he didn’t do that?”

Jared Kushner: “Like I said, I was not involved in that. That was a long time ago.”

Jared Kushner also said he doesn’t know if he’d alert the FBI if he received an email similar to the one that prompted the Trump Tower meeting in 2016, in which a lawyer connected to the Russian government offered to provide dirt about Hillary Clinton to the Trump campaign. Kushner said he did not tell the FBI at the time of the 2016 incident because he was busy.

Asked if Palestinians are capable of governing an independent nation, Kushner said, “The hope is, is that over time, they can become capable of governing.”