Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump Held Positions In The White House During The Trump Administration.
Jared Kushner Served As A Senior Advisor During The Trump Administration, Working On Middle East Policies, The Opioid Epidemic, And More.
Jared Kushner Served As Senior Advisor To The President During The Trump Administration. “Her husband, Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to the president, maintains a stake in his own family’s real estate business, which has received and sought funding from international sources as well.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
- Jared Kushner Was Tasked With Solving The Opioid Crisis, Negotiating Peace In The Middle East, Reforming The Criminal Justice System, And More. “Kushner, the heir to a mid-Atlantic real estate empire, had no experience that would qualify him for the many tasks to which his father-in-law would assign him: solving the opioid crisis, handling Middle East peace negotiations, modernizing the federal government, and reforming America’s criminal justice system.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
Ivanka Trump Served As A White House Advisor During The Trump Administration, Working With Heads Of State And Covering International Economic Programs.
Ivanka Trump Served As A White House Advisor During Donald Trump’s Presidency. “Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka has also retained a stake in the family business even as she serves as a White House adviser, and last year she received trademarks in China related to her separate fashion ventures.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
- Ivanka Trump’s Duties At The White House Included Interacting With Heads Of State And Working On Domestic And International Economic Programs. “Their sister Ivanka is a senior advisor to the president. She kept her international fashion business going for 18 months after she was given a loosely defined White House portfolio that includes interacting with heads of state and working with domestic and international corporate chiefs on economic programs.” [LA Times, 10/10/19]
Both Jared And Ivanka Maintained Stakes In Their Family Companies While Working In The White House.
Jared Kushner Maintained A Stake In His Family’s Real Estate Business While Working In The White House. “Her husband, Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to the president, maintains a stake in his own family’s real estate business, which has received and sought funding from international sources as well.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
Ivanka Trump Held A Stake In The Trump Organization While Serving As A White House Advisor. “Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka has also retained a stake in the family business even as she serves as a White House adviser, and last year she received trademarks in China related to her separate fashion ventures.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
- Ivanka Trump Ran Her Namesake Clothing Brand Until Mid-2018. “Ivanka Trump is shutting down her namesake clothing brand because of her work in Washington, she said Tuesday, a rare acknowledgement by a Trump family member about the challenges of holding an influential White House position while owning a global business.” [Washington Post, 07/24/18]
Foreign Officials Boasted About Plans To Manipulate Jared Kushner In The White House…
Officials From The United Arab Emirates, China, Israel, And Mexico Discussed Plans To Use Jared Kushner’s Business Interests To Manipulate The White House Official. “Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter. Among those nations discussing ways to influence Kushner to their advantage were the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel and Mexico, the current and former officials said.” [Washington Post, 02/27/18]
…As Jared Kushner Held Unreported Meetings With Foreign Officials.
Jared Kushner Held Contacts With Foreign Officials He Did Not Officially Report Or Clear With The National Security Council. “H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s national security adviser, learned that Kushner had contacts with foreign officials that he did not coordinate through the National Security Council or officially report.” [Washington Post, 02/27/18]
The Kushner Family Business Courted Investors In States And With Companies Within Jared’s Political Portfolio.
Jared Kushner’s Family Courted Investors In Foreign States Within Kushner’s Political Portfolio For Bailouts While Kushner Worked In The White House.
Jared Kushner’s Family Courted “State-Connected Investors” To Bail Out A Kushner Property In Regions In His Government Portfolio While Working In The White House. “And since Mr. Kushner entered the White House, his family has courted state-connected investors in China and the Middle East — both regions that were in Mr. Kushner’s government portfolio — to bail out the firm’s headquarters at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
Jared Kushner Met Privately With Bank And Private Equity Executives At The White House While His Family’s Business Sought “Sizable Loans” – That They Then Received.
In 2017, Jared Kushner Met Privately With Executives From Citibank And Apollo Global Management At The White House As The Firms Were Considering – And Went On To Issue – “Sizable Loans” To Kushner’s Family Business. “In 2017, Mr. Kushner met privately at the White House with top executives from Citibank and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. Those meetings came as the firms were contemplating sizable loans to his family’s business, Kushner Companies, which they did eventually make.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
Jared Kushner Was Accused Of Backing A Saudi-Led Blockade Of Qatar After The Qatari Government Refused To Bail Out A Failing Business Tied To The His Family.
Jared Kushner Supported A Saudi-Led Blockade Of Qatar After The Qatari Government Rejected A Request From A Kushner-Tied Real Estate Firm For An Investment In 2017.
In April 2017, A Kushner-Tied Real Estate Firm Requested Investment From The Qatari Government To Save A Financially Troubled Building. “In April 2017, a real estate firm tied to the Kushner family made a direct appeal to the government of Qatar to invest in the troubled building, The Intercept reported.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
Some Qatari Officials Believe Jared Kushner’s Subsequent Support For A Saudi-Led Blockade Of Qatar Was Retaliation For The Government’s Refusal To Do A Deal With Kushner’s Family. “A month later, when a coalition of Persian Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates organized a blockade of Qatar, Kushner was among its most vocal U.S. supporters. According to NBC News, some Qatari officials believed the White House’s position was retaliation for their government’s decision not to make a deal with Kushner’s family.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
In 2018, The Kushner Family’s Business Ultimately Received A $1B Lease On A Troubled Property From An Asset Management Group With Ties To The Qatari Government.
In April 2018, The Kushner Family Fixed Their Financial Problem Through A $1B Lease On The Troubled Property From Brookfield Asset Managements, A Firm Where The Government Of Qatar Is One Of The Largest Investors. “Fortunately, help for the Kushner family’s financial woes subsequently arrived in the form of Brookfield Asset Management, which acquired a 99-year lease on 666 Fifth Avenue for about $1 billion in April 2018. […] The buyer was a semi-familiar face in this drama: One of Brookfield Asset Management’s largest investors is the government of Qatar. “ [GQ, 10/14/19]
From 2017 To 2018, Kushner-Owned Cadre Received $90M From An “Opaque Offshore Vehicle” In The Cayman Islands – Some Of Which Came From Saudi Arabia.
From 2017 To 2019, Kushner-Owned Investment Company Cadre Received $90M In Funding From An “Opaque Offshore Vehicle” In The Cayman Islands. “In June, The Guardian reported that Cadre, a real estate investment company owned in part by Kushner, has taken in some $90 million in offshore funding via an ominously-described “opaque offshore vehicle” in the Cayman Islands since he joined the White House” [GQ, 10/14/19]
- Saudi Arabia Provided Some Of The $90M. “Some of the money, the Guardian says, came from other tax shelters; some of it came from unidentified sources in—you guessed it—Saudi Arabia.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
Upon Leaving The White House, Jared Kushner’s Firm Received A $2B Investment From A Saudi Investment Firm After Kushner Spent The Prior Four Years Purportedly Sitting In Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s “Pocket.”
Jared Kushner’s Firm Received $2B From A Bin Salman-Led Saudi Investment Firm Despite Push Back From Investment Fund Officials.
Less Than Six Months After Leaving The White House, Jared Kushner’s Firm Received A $2B Investment From Saudi Arabia Despite Widespread Opposition From Committees In The Saudi Government. “Ms. Maloney’s letter refers to disclosures, first published by The New York Times in early April, that the Saudi government’s main sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Mr. Kushner’s firm despite objections from one of its own internal committees over his lack of relevant investment experience. That investment occurred less than six months after Mr. Kushner left his post in the White House — a role that had given him broad oversight of the administration’s diplomacy efforts in the Middle East.” [New York Times, 06/02/22]
- The $2B Loan Was Approved By A Bin Salman-Led Public Investment Fund Despite Skepticism From Fund Officials. “Later, when the planned $2 billion investment in Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm encountered skepticism from Public Investment Fund officials, a fund board led by Prince Mohammed voted to approve it anyway.” [New York Times, 06/02/22]
During His Time At The White House, Jared Kushner Worked On Diplomatic Efforts In The Middle East, With Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Boasting That Kushner Was “In His Pocket.”
While Working In The White House, Kushner Oversaw The Trump Administration’s Diplomatic Efforts In The Middle East. “That investment occurred less than six months after Mr. Kushner left his post in the White House — a role that had given him broad oversight of the administration’s diplomacy efforts in the Middle East.” [New York Times, 06/02/22]
Jared Kushner Developed A Close Relationship With Prince Mohammed Bin Salman While In The White House. “During his time in government, Mr. Kushner developed a close rapport with Prince Mohammed, even as the prince faced criticism over his human rights record and Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.” [New York Times, 06/02/22]
- Mohammed Bin Salman Allegedly Told Confidants That Jared Kushner Was “In His Pocket.” “In the months that followed, Kushner developed a close working relationship with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman—close enough that bin Salman allegedly told confidants that the president’s son-in-law was “in his pocket.”” [GQ, 10/14/19]
In 2021, Jared Kushner Sought Money To Fund His New Investment Firm From States Within His Previous Political Portfolio.
In 2021, Jared Kushner Sought Money From Persian Gulf States He Worked With At The White House To Fund His New Investment Firm. “He formed a personal friendship with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. He helped forge ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and backed Emirati rulers in a feud with Qatar. Since the electoral defeat of his father-in-law, former President Donald J. Trump, Mr. Kushner has stayed active in the region through a nonprofit organization he established. Now, in a move that has raised eyebrows among diplomats, investors and ethics watchdogs, Mr. Kushner is trying to raise money from the Persian Gulf states for a new investment firm he has founded.” [New York Times, 11/26/21]
Jared Kushner’s Family Real Estate Firm Did $230M In Deals With An Israeli Financial Institution And Wealthy Israeli Family Shortly Before Kushner And President Trump Went On A Diplomatic Trip To Israel.
In April 2017, The Kushner Family Bought $200M In New York Apartment Buildings With The Wealthy Israeli Steinmetz Family. “In April, The Times reported that the Kushners had teamed up with at least one member of Israel’s wealthy Steinmetz family to buy nearly $200 million of Manhattan apartment buildings, as well as to build a luxury rental tower in New Jersey.” [New York Times, 01/07/18]
“Shortly Before” Jared Kushner And President Trump Went On A Diplomatic Trip To Israel In May 2017, One Of Israel’s Largest Financial Institutions Made A $30M Investment Into Kushner’s Real Estate Company. “Last May, Jared Kushner accompanied President Trump, his father-in-law, on the pair’s first diplomatic trip to Israel, part of Mr. Kushner’s White House assignment to achieve peace in the Middle East. Shortly before, his family real estate company received a roughly $30 million investment from Menora Mivtachim, an insurer that is one of Israel’s largest financial institutions, according to a Menora executive. The deal, which was not made public, pumped significant new equity into 10 Maryland apartment complexes controlled by Mr. Kushner’s firm.” [New York Times, 01/07/18]
Ivanka Trump Pushed Through Tax Breaks For Operations In “Opportunity Zones” That Ultimately Benefitted 13 Kushner-Owned Properties.
In The 2017 Tax Reform Bill, Ivanka Trump Was “Instrumental” In Including A Tax Break For People Investing Capital In Less Developed Areas Called “Opportunity Zones.” “The president’s daughter was instrumental in the effort to include in the 2017 tax reform bill an “Opportunity Zones” program, which extends lucrative tax breaks to rich people who invest capital in designated less-developed areas.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
On Top Of 13 Kushner-Owned Properties In “Opportunity Zones” That Could Qualify For “Special Tax Treatment,” A Kushner-Owned Firm Raised Funds To Build More Opportunity Zone Projects. “According to the AP, Cadre is raising funds from investors to build Opportunity Zone projects, and the Kushner family already owns at least 13 properties in opportunity zones that could qualify for special tax treatment.” [GQ, 10/14/19]
As Of April 2017, White House Advisor Ivanka Trump Had 37 Pending Trademark Applications In 10 Countries.
In April 2017, Ivanka Trump’s Company Had 37 Pending Trademark Applications In Ten Counties Including China, Indonesia, And The Philippines. “Her company has 37 trademark applications pending in 10 countries, covering the sale of leather goods in China, jewelry in the Philippines and beauty products in Indonesia, The New York Times review shows.” [New York Times, 04/11/17]
Ivanka Trump Received Dozens Of Chinese Trademarks Around Significant Diplomatic Events Between The White House And Chinese.
Ivanka Trump Received Three Trademarks The Same Day She And President Trump Dined With President Xi Jinping Early Into Trump’s Presidency.
In April 2017, Ivanka Trump Received Three Trademark Approvals In China The Same Day Ivanka And Her Father Dined With Chinese President Xi Jinping. “On the same day Trump and his daughter dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in April 2017, China awarded her three preliminary trademark approvals for jewelry, handbags and spa services.” [LA Times, 10/10/19]
Ivanka Trump Received Seven Trademark Approvals Around The Same Time President Trump Promised To Bailout A Chinese Telecom Giant.
In May 2018, China Gave Ivanka Trump Seven New Trademarks Across Multiple Businesses That She Applied For After President Trump Took Office. “China this month awarded Ivanka Trump seven new trademarks across a broad collection of businesses, including books, housewares and cushions. […] Ms. Trump applied for six of the trademarks in March 2017. She applied for the seventh even earlier, in May 2016.” [New York Times, 05/28/18]
- Ivanka Trump Holds 34 Trademarks In China. “In total, Ms. Trump now has 34 trademarks in China that would allow her to capitalize on her brand in the world’s second-largest economy.” [New York Times, 05/28/18]
Ivanka’s Trademarks Were Approved Around The Time President Trump Committed To Keeping A Chinese Telecommunications Company Afloat. “At around the same time, President Trump vowed to find a way to prevent a major Chinese telecommunications company from going bust, even though the company has a history of violating American limits on doing business with countries like Iran and North Korea.” [New York Times, 05/28/18]
Ivanka Trump Received 16 Trademarks From China While The Trump Administration Negotiated A New Trade Deal With The Nation.
Fall 2018: Ivanka Trump Received Approval For 16 Trademarks While Trump Negotiated A New Trade Deal With China. “Last fall, in the midst of her father’s trade war with China and his efforts to strike a new trade agreement between the two global superpowers, she won initial approval for 16 trademarks, and added five more to her portfolio earlier this year.” [GQ, 10/14/19]