CHINA/CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “A company owned by Jared Kushner’s family is apologizing for mentioning the White House adviser at an investment conference in China.
Kushner Companies said Monday [5-8-17] that the name drop at the event in Beijing on Saturday was not intended to be an ‘attempt to lure investors’ to one of its projects in New Jersey.
Nicole Kushner Meyer, the sister of White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, mentioned her brother’s new role in the administration during a pitch for her family’s property. The New Jersey building makes use of an EB-5 visa program to draw in international investors, including the Chinese.
‘In 2008, my brother Jared Kushner joined the family company as CEO, and recently moved to Washington to join the administration,’ she said at the conference.
A similar conference was held in Shanghai on Sunday.
On Monday, Kushner Companies said it didn’t mean for the comment to be interpreted as an incentive for investors to sign onto the project.”
-Christina Alesci and Jill Disis, “Kushner family apologizes for mentioning White House adviser Jared Kushner,” CNN Money, CNN.com, May 8, 2017 9:33am