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Senate Dems launch investigation into Jared Kushner receiving $2billion from Saudis
In 2021, a certain felon's son in law received $2,000,000,000 from the Saudi Public Investment Fund. From the article, "A panel that screens investments for the Saudi sovereign wealth fund warned against investing with Kushner, given his inexperience in finance, but the full board, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, overruled the panel, The New York Times reported in 2022."
The investigation is being led by perhaps my favorite Senator, Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon. Again, from the article: "A panel that screens investments for the Saudi sovereign wealth fund warned against investing with Kushner, given his inexperience in finance, but the full board, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, overruled the panel, The New York Times reported in 2022.
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“The Saudi PIF’s decision to invest $2 billion in Affinity so soon after Kushner’s departure from the Trump White House raises concerns that the investment was a reward for official actions Kushner took to benefit the Saudi government, including preventing accountability for the Saudi government ordering the brutal murder of journalist and American citizen Jamal Khashoggi,” Wyden wrote.
Wyden’s letter asked Affinity Partners for details about its seeding investments, the investments made by the firm, as well as the fees it has received, and the amount Kushner has been paid. The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment made through its website.
Wyden’s letter represents an escalation of Democratic scrutiny of Kushner’s business activities, which have been controversial from the start. Even House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.), an aggressive defender of Donald Trump, said last year that he thought Kushner “crossed the line of ethics” with his Saudi deal.
Comer has overseen Republicans’ impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden, which has largely focused on business deals by the president’s son. Republicans have said he improperly traded on his father’s former position as vice president during the Obama administration."
The bit about 'business practices being controversial from the start' is partly in reference to Jared's dad going to prison for said practices, and getting pardoned by Trump. Of course, a presidential pardon doesn't erase a conviction, just gets your butt out of the pokey. I have little reason to believe that said business practices have greatly changed, especially considering how his F-I-L's haven't: he still owes the City of El Paso for protective services during the 2020 campaign, possibly from the 2016 campaign!
It's amusing that Comer would say Kushner 'crossed the line' with him so rabidly pursuing Biden and coming up with absolutely nothing after all this time. The Dems in the House can't do anything since they're not the majority party there, but Wyden can in the Senate!
Anyone want to lay some odds that a certain felon is going to start squawking about his S-I-L being persecuted by those Crooked Dems?
Man, I'd love it if they found enough evidence that a prosecution became viable and Jared found himself a felon. I don't think you can hold a securities license with that conviction, not sure about a real estate license.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-saudi-arabia_n_6669906ce4b01bc0ceedf831
The investigation is being led by perhaps my favorite Senator, Ron Wyden (D) of Oregon. Again, from the article: "A panel that screens investments for the Saudi sovereign wealth fund warned against investing with Kushner, given his inexperience in finance, but the full board, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, overruled the panel, The New York Times reported in 2022.
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“The Saudi PIF’s decision to invest $2 billion in Affinity so soon after Kushner’s departure from the Trump White House raises concerns that the investment was a reward for official actions Kushner took to benefit the Saudi government, including preventing accountability for the Saudi government ordering the brutal murder of journalist and American citizen Jamal Khashoggi,” Wyden wrote.
Wyden’s letter asked Affinity Partners for details about its seeding investments, the investments made by the firm, as well as the fees it has received, and the amount Kushner has been paid. The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment made through its website.
Wyden’s letter represents an escalation of Democratic scrutiny of Kushner’s business activities, which have been controversial from the start. Even House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.), an aggressive defender of Donald Trump, said last year that he thought Kushner “crossed the line of ethics” with his Saudi deal.
Comer has overseen Republicans’ impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden, which has largely focused on business deals by the president’s son. Republicans have said he improperly traded on his father’s former position as vice president during the Obama administration."
The bit about 'business practices being controversial from the start' is partly in reference to Jared's dad going to prison for said practices, and getting pardoned by Trump. Of course, a presidential pardon doesn't erase a conviction, just gets your butt out of the pokey. I have little reason to believe that said business practices have greatly changed, especially considering how his F-I-L's haven't: he still owes the City of El Paso for protective services during the 2020 campaign, possibly from the 2016 campaign!
It's amusing that Comer would say Kushner 'crossed the line' with him so rabidly pursuing Biden and coming up with absolutely nothing after all this time. The Dems in the House can't do anything since they're not the majority party there, but Wyden can in the Senate!
Anyone want to lay some odds that a certain felon is going to start squawking about his S-I-L being persecuted by those Crooked Dems?
Man, I'd love it if they found enough evidence that a prosecution became viable and Jared found himself a felon. I don't think you can hold a securities license with that conviction, not sure about a real estate license.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-saudi-arabia_n_6669906ce4b01bc0ceedf831