The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has called on the chairman of the House Oversight Committee to subpoena Jared Kushner’s investment firm over its ties to the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Rep. Jamie Ruskin, D.Md., expressed concern that Kushner launched Affinity Partners shortly after his father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, left the White House. Kushner has been in office with his wife, Ivanka Trump, and played a major role in Middle East policy as a senior adviser.
“At the time of Mr. Kushner’s move from the White House to the private sector, diplomats and ethics experts expressed concern about the apparent potential conflict of interest arising from Mr. Kushner’s economic interests in the Gulf region,” Ruskin said. wrote in a letter addressed to President James Comer, Kentucky Republican Party.
“Additionally, given the government’s key role in shaping U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration, his extensive and successful courtship of sovereign wealth funds raises serious legal, constitutional, and ethical questions. is causing.”
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Last year, when Democrats still held the majority in the House, the Oversight Committee said six months after Mr Kushner left government, a Saudi sovereign wealth fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman went to Mr Kushner’s firm. launched an investigation into its $2 billion investment.
“However, despite repeated efforts by the Democratic Committee to obtain relevant documents to understand the full extent of Mr. Kushner’s foreign dealings and the legal, constitutional and ethical issues they raise, Mr. Kushner and his foundation are refusing to cooperate with our request,” Ruskin wrote.
He accused Mr. Kushner and his company of “unreasonably” obstructing him and urged Mr. Comer to use majority subpoena powers to allow the Democratic Commission to continue its investigation.
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Rep. Jamie Ruskin (left), a prominent member of the Oversight Committee, wrote to chairman Rep. James Comer (R) asking him to subpoena Mr. Kushner’s firm. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Ruskin’s letter also accuses Kushner of misusing his position in the Trump administration to facilitate the former president’s state visit to Saudi Arabia and orchestrate a murder to enrich himself and the family business. He also suggested that he thought he defended MBS internally when he was asked. American-based journalist.
When asked to respond to Fox News Digital, a spokesman for the House Oversight Republican Party dismissed Mr. Ruskin’s letter, saying it interfered with the work of a committee investigating the Bidens’ own foreign dealings.
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The spokesman said Friday: “Lawson Ruskin’s letter to Speaker Comer is an attempt to distract from mounting evidence that Joe Biden is involved in a scheme to spread his family’s influence. It is nothing but.”
Ruskin accused Kushner of pushing policies in the Trump administration that benefited his and his family’s businesses.
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“If Congressman Ruskin is genuinely concerned about government ethics, he will join the Republican Party in our investigation into blatant corruption in the Biden family. I’m only concerned with acting.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Affinity Partners for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
