“It appears to be a payoff”: Expert says Kushner’s Saudi cash an “egregious” national security worry
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden is investigating Saudi support for Jared Kushner’s private equity firm
Based on his prior experience and demonstrated abilities, Jared Kushner never should have landed a job in the White House. Before joining the Trump administration, Kushner was best known as his father’s son — a real estate mogul and disbarred attorney who gifted his child control over the family’s portfolio after being convicted of multiple felonies — whose greatest accomplishment was purchasing a New York City skyscraper for $1.8 billion just months before the housing market crashed, slashing the property’s value in half.
