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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKushner's real estate company received a roughly $30 million investment just before Israel trip
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/business/jared-kushner-israel.htmlLast May, Jared Kushner accompanied President Trump, his father-in-law, on the pairs first diplomatic trip to Israel, part of Mr. Kushners 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 Israels 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 Kushners firm. While Mr. Kushner has sold parts of his business since taking a White House job last year, he still has stakes in most of the family empire including the apartment buildings in and around Baltimore.
The Menora transaction is the latest financial arrangement that has surfaced between Mr. Kushners family business and Israeli partners, including one of the countrys wealthiest families and a large Israeli bank that is the subject of a United States criminal investigation.
The business dealings dont appear to violate federal ethics laws, which only require Mr. Kushner to recuse himself from narrow government decisions that would have a direct and predictable effect on his financial interests. And no evidence has emerged that Mr. Kushner was personally involved in brokering the deal.
But the deal last spring illustrates how the Kushner Companies extensive financial ties to Israel continue to deepen, even with his prominent diplomatic role in the Middle East. The arrangement could undermine the ability of the United States to be seen as an independent broker in the region. The Trump administration already inflamed tensions there when it said last month that it recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and would move the United States Embassy there from Tel Aviv.
I think its reasonable for people to ask whether his business interests are somehow affecting his judgment, said Matthew T. Sanderson, a lawyer at Caplin & Drysdale in Washington who specializes in government ethics and was general counsel to Senator Rand Pauls presidential campaign.
Raj Shah, a deputy White House press secretary, said the Trump administration has tremendous confidence in the job Jared is doing leading our peace efforts, and he takes the ethics rules very seriously and would never compromise himself or the administration.
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Kushner's real estate company received a roughly $30 million investment just before Israel trip (Original Post)
sunonmars
Jan 2018
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Corruption on an industrial scale, mobsters would be ashamed.