CRIME/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, and some Republican lawmakers are discussing potential changes to the criminal justice system, including to mandatory minimum sentencing, that could conflict with Attorney General Jeff Sessions ’ tough-on-crime agenda. Mr. Kushner met this month with House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.), continuing a […]
Category: Jared Kushner
7/24/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, on Monday [7-24-17] released details of his contacts with Russian officials and businesspeople in the two years since Mr. Trump launched his presidential campaign, including a previously undisclosed, brief meeting with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in April 2016. […]
7/23/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday [7-24-17] he ‘did not collude’ with Russia, as he prepared to appear before a Senate panel probing alleged Russian meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election. Kushner said in a statement before the closed-door hearing that he […]
7/21/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Potential conflicts of interest spring eternal in the Trump administration. There is the simple fact that the president never divested of his myriad business holdings nor did he release his tax returns. Foreign diplomats and officials continue to book banquets and hotel rooms at Trump-owned properties to court the president’s […]
7/19/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP PEOPLE/PAUL MANAFORT: “President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and former campaign manager Paul Manafort have been asked to appear before U.S. Senate committees next week to answer questions about the campaign’s alleged connections to Russia, officials said on Wednesday [7-19-17]. The three men are the closest […]
7/14/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “One of the high-powered lawyers representing senior White House adviser Jared Kushner in the ongoing Russia investigation, Jamie Gorelick, is stepping back from the case, and Abbe Lowell, another attorney representing Kushner, will now be in charge of the inquiry. Gorelick ‘will continue to work on the matters for which we were […]
7/14/2017
BUSINESS/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Prominent technology-industry leaders and venture capitalists gathered in the White House’s state dining room last month to discuss tech policy with President Donald Trump in an event that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, helped organize. Seated at the rectangular table alongside the corporate luminaries, university presidents and senior White […]
7/13/2017
ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida introduced a pair of amendments aimed at stripping White House senior adviser Jared Kushner of his security clearance into a 2018 appropriations bill that were voted down Thursday [7-13-17]. The amendments came as Kushner found himself under renewed scrutiny after his participation in a […]
7/12/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “While President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., finds himself at the center of a political firestorm stemming from his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer last summer, questions are also beginning to swirl around the involvement of another Trump family member who was present for the rendezvous: Jared Kushner. […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “The president’s eldest son and senior campaign aides attended a meeting last year to discuss allegedly incriminating information about Hillary Clinton they were told was being offered by the Russian government in support of Donald Trump’s candidacy, according to emails Donald Trump Jr. released Tuesday [7-11-17]. The release of […]
6/25/2017
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalized a $285 million loan as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square in Manhattan. The loan came at a critical moment. Kushner was playing a key role in the presidential campaign of his father-in-law, Donald Trump. […]
6/22/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner should ‘absolutely’ have his security clearance suspended, Rep. Mike Quigley told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview Wednesday [6-21-17] afternoon. Appearing on ‘The Situation Room,’ the Illinois Democrat said Kushner ‘shouldn’t have clearance at this point,’ echoing a letter from House oversight committee […]
6/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, arrived in Israel on Wednesday [6-21-17] for meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokeswoman for the US Embassy told CNN. Kushner’s first stop was a private condolence visit to the family of Hadas Malka, the […]
6/21/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Insurance startup Oscar Insurance Corp. said it plans to expand its offerings in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, as insurers face a federal deadline Wednesday [6-21-17] for initial filings to participate in the health law’s exchanges next year. Oscar, which has been under a spotlight partly because of its tie to the […]
6/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, plans to travel to the Middle East this week to try to advance U.S. efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a White House official said Sunday [6-18-17]. The trip marks the White House’s first major follow up to Mr. […]
6/16/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump’s campaign, as the congressional and federal probes dig into any possible connections between the Trump digital operation and Russian operatives, congressional sources said this week. The House Russia investigation is planning to send […]
6/16/2017
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The business dealings of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and trusted aide Jared Kushner are being investigated by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing officials familiar with the matter. The news comes as the Justice Department continues its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election […]
6/5/2017
CHINA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The real estate company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to President Trump, is seeking $250 million to pay off its partners and lenders in a Jersey City apartment tower financed by Chinese investors through a program criticized as offering United States visas for sale. The family […]
5/30/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNR: “RT @foxandfriends: Jared Kushner didn’t suggest Russian communications channel in meeting, source says https://t.co/nF6bM1FEt1” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2017 09:01am […]
5/29/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was looking for a direct line to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — a search that in mid-December found him in a room with a Russian banker whose financial institution was deeply intertwined with Russian intelligence, and remains under sanction by the United […]
5/27/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Once the untouchable son-in-law in a White House where top aides jockey for the president’s ear, Jared Kushner has now been cast in a new role: reassuring people that he’s not going to resign, while colleagues question whether he can survive politically. Any victory lap Kushner hoped to enjoy after pulling off […]
5/26/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The FBI’s criminal probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is increasingly touching on the multiple roles of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on both the Trump campaign and the Trump transition team. Points of focus that pertain to Kushner include: the Trump campaign’s 2016 data analytics operation; his […]
5/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “On the afternoon of May 1, President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, welcomed a high-level delegation of Saudis to a gilded reception room next door to the White House and delivered a brisk pep talk: ‘Let’s get this done today.’ Mr. Kushner was referring to a $100 billion-plus arms deal that […]
5/8/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “It was the first major piece of legislation that President Trump signed into law, and buried on Page 734 was one sentence that brought a potential benefit to the president’s extended family: renewal of a program offering permanent residence in the United States to affluent foreigners investing money […]
5/3/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is currently in business with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and billionaires George Soros and Peter Thiel, according to people familiar with the matter and securities filings. The previously undisclosed business relationships with titans of the financial and technology worlds are through a real-estate tech […]
4/26/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHER: “It was the summer of 2012, and Jared Kushner was headed downtown. His family’s real estate firm, the Kushner Companies, would spend about $190 million over the next few months on dozens of apartment buildings in tony Lower Manhattan neighborhoods including the East Village, the West Village and SoHo. For […]
04/06/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE/JARED KUSHNER/STEVE BANNON: “Thick with tension, the conversation this week between Stephen K. Bannon, the chief White House strategist, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, had deteriorated to the point of breakdown. Finally, Mr. Bannon identified why they could not compromise, according to someone with knowledge of the conversation. ‘Here’s […]
04/03/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq Monday [4-3-17], his first visit to the country since assuming a broad portfolio of foreign POLICY in the Trump presidency. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was invited by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, and is traveling with […]
04/02/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER/IVANKA: “Kushner reported Ivanka’s stake in Trump’s Washington hotel It was announced only last week that Ivanka Trump will become an official government employee, so her financial disclosure forms are still in the works. But we know from a 54-page document filed by her husband, Jared Kushner, that she maintained partial ownership of […]
3/27/2017
ECONOMY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will lead a new White House office aimed at reforming the federal government through private-sector solutions. On Monday [3-27-17], Trump will announce the establishment of a White House Office of American Innovation, which will be tasked with crafting ideas to reshape the federal bureaucracy to make […]
3/27/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has volunteered to speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the US election, a White House spokesman said Monday [3-27-17]. ‘Throughout the campaign and transition, Jared Kushner served as the official primary point of contact with foreign governments […]
3/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/JARED KUSHNER: “A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, stands to receive over $400 million from China’s Anbang Insurance Group, that is investing in a Manhattan building owned by the Kushners, Bloomberg reported. Details of the agreement are being circulated to attract additional investors, Bloomberg reported on […]
3/09/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are renting a Washington, D.C., home from a Chilean billionaire who bought it after the November election and whose company is embroiled in a dispute with the U.S. government over a mine potentially worth billions of dollars. The six-bedroom house in the capital’s Kalorama neighborhood was bought […]
3/5/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “There may yet be an innocent explanation for all the conversations coming to light between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the government of Russia. But the way Trump and his team have responded to questions about the contacts sure hasn’t made them look innocent. Quite the contrary. It all begins with […]
2/24/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Many see Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner as a moderating influence in the current administration particularly on issues like climate change and LGBT rights. In early February, the New York Times reported, ‘The two most influential social liberals in President Trump’s inner circle — daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner — helped […]
2/19/2017
CABINET/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The Trump administration has struggled with ethics vetting for Cabinet nominees and faced criticism for the president’s decision to remain invested in his business empire. When Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, prepared to enter the White House, however, the administration sought to do it by the book. That is the picture […]
7/18/2011
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Congratulations to my daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared on the birth of their daughter Arabella Rose yesterday.” [9:53:54 AM] – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, July 18, 2011 09:53am […]
10/27/2009
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “–From Donald Trump: ‘Ivanka and Jared’s wedding was spectacular, and they make a beautiful couple. I’m a very proud father.’ “ [11:31:48 AM] – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Oct. 27, 2009 11:31am […]