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Special counsel to probe whether Jared Kushner was functioning as Saudi foreign agent — US lawmakers

2024-10-25

[IsraelTimes] The Democratic chair of the US Senate Finance Committee and a prominent Democratic congressman has asked the US attorney general to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Jared Kushner, former US president Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
’s son-in-law, was functioning as an unregistered foreign agent for Saudi Arabia

...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
, according to a letter from the politicians.

The letter from US Senator Ron Wyden and US Representative Jamie Raskin cites an October 4 Rooters report that revealed that Kushner on multiple occasions had discussed US-Saudi diplomacy concerning Israel with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

...Crown Prince and modernizer of Saudi Arabia as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists...
, since leaving government.

"This revelation is deeply disturbing, as Mr. Kushner appears to be influencing US foreign policy by acting as a political consultant to the Saudi government while also accepting their money," Wyden and Raskin write in the eight-page letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland. The letter has not been previously reported.

Saudi Arabia has invested $2 billion into a private equity fund, Affinity Partners, that Kushner, who was a top adviser on the Middle East during Trump’s administration, founded in 2021 after leaving government, according to congressional Sherlocks.

In a statement, Kushner says, "There is no conflict of interest." He dismisses the letter as "silly political stunts."

The Department of Justice and the Saudi Arabian embassy do not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Saudi Arabia’s investments in Kushner’s fund have been criticized by ethics experts, Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
in Congress and some Republicans, who have expressed concern that Saudi Arabia’s stake can look like a payoff since Kushner worked on Saudi issues before leaving Trump’s White House.

The October 4 Rooters report, quoting a source familiar with the discussions, said Kushner’s talks with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince included the process of normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The source did not identify when the talks took place and whether they occurred before or after the start of the ongoing war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
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Posted by:trailing wife

#4 Now we do have evidence that Joe and Hunter were paid by Ukrainian interests.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-10-25 20:39

#3 What a moronic idea at this point. Everyone assigned to that initiative will just have identified themselves as superfluous to Constitutional government. We are two weeks from the election. There is not going to be a Mueller probe this time.

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-10-25 12:32

#2 Raskin and Wyden are political hacks

Posted by: Frank G 2024-10-25 05:06

#1 Kushner, who was a top adviser on the Middle East during Trump’s administration, founded in 2021

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-25 03:51

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