According to a bombshell new report from the New York Times, ex-President Donald Trump isn’t the only one for the former, disastrous administration who’s found themselves buried in investigations since the one-term, twice-impeached former guy’s humiliating departure from the White House.
As it turns out, the former guy’s own son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is under the heat now too.
A House Committee revealed this week that the former Trump administration advisor and husband to former First Daughter Ivanka Trump is now under investigation over the question of whether Kushner knowingly and intentionally traded on his government position in his father-in-law’s White House to secure a $2 billion investment in his new private equity firm from a prominent Saudi Arabian wealth fund.
The New York Democrat who leads the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, penned a letter to Kushner yesterday, giving the former president’s son-in-law a two-week deadline to hand over documents to the investment his firm, Affinity Partners, received last year from a Saudi wealth fund. Maloney also requested any personal correspondence that was made between Jared and the Saudi kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during Kushner’s time in the Trump administration, as well as after Donald’s election loss and subsequent departure from the White House.
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In the 8-page letter sent to Kushner, Maloney explained that the committee is investigating, “whether your personal financial interests improperly influenced U.S. foreign policy during the administration of your father-in-law, former President Trump.”
A spokesperson for Kushner has responded to the development in a statement, saying, “While achieving six peace deals in the Middle East, Mr. Kushner fully abided by all legal and ethical guidelines both during and after his government service.”
The statement concludes, “He is proud to be among many private sector stakeholders advancing connectivity between Americans, Israelis, and Arabs to encourage continued regional progress.”
The Times reports, “A spokesman for the Saudi government and the Saudi Public Investment Fund, the entity that made the $2 billion investment, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”
You can read the full report on the investigation from the New York Times here.
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