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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 05:46 PM Jan 2018

Well, well, well. U.S. Counterintelligence Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch

U.S. Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch

Officials said the businesswoman could be trying to further Beijing’s interests, people familiar with the matter say


WASHINGTON—U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, that Wendi Deng Murdoch, a prominent Chinese-American businesswoman, could be using her close friendship with Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, to further the interests of the Chinese government, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. officials have also had concerns about a counterintelligence assessment that Ms. Murdoch was lobbying for a high-profile construction project funded by the Chinese government in Washington, D.C., one of these people said.

The project, a planned $100 million Chinese garden at the National Arboretum, was deemed a national-security risk because it included a 70-foot-tall white tower that could potentially be used for surveillance, according to people familiar with the intelligence community’s deliberations over the garden. The garden was planned on one of the higher patches of land near downtown Washington, less than 5 miles from both the Capitol and the White House.

Ms. Murdoch in 1999 married Rupert Murdoch, who is the executive chairman of News Corp, which publishes The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Murdoch filed for divorce in 2013. Ms. Murdoch still uses her married name.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-warned-jared-kushner-about-wendi-deng-murdoch-1516052072
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Well, well, well. U.S. Counterintelligence Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2018 OP
Oh what a tangled web they weave. Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #1
Didn't Ivanka & Wendi vacation with one of Putin's daughters in 2016? TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #23
Yes. Photo was on the Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #24
Yes. At time when I saw the photo of them vacationing together, jrthin Jan 2018 #26
Kinda like warning Wili E Coyote of acme dynamite. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #2
wendy and ivanka are close friends lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #3
I thought that they were confirmed BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #9
Bigman, who were romantically linked? Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #10
Wendy and Putin. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #11
Oh yes, that has been common knowledge. I thought you meant Wendy and Jared. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #13
For many men, it doesn't take much to be "fatale" erronis Jan 2018 #19
Yes but I would think a lot of women throw themselves at rich and powerful men. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #20
I read Putin and Wendi. nt Blue_true Jan 2018 #12
Yes that has been around for a long time. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #14
Is she a power groupie or something? nt Blue_true Jan 2018 #15
I thought the same thing. She seduces rich and powerful men. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #17
K & R Wwcd Jan 2018 #4
Huh - never knew that the Kushners ever broke up. dhol82 Jan 2018 #21
time to start locking some of these traitors up spanone Jan 2018 #5
Anxious for Mueller's FARA Laws to start pointing out the obvious culprits Wwcd Jan 2018 #7
America First??? HopeAgain Jan 2018 #6
They don't even know who America is. Nor do they care. Wwcd Jan 2018 #8
Jared has ignored all warnings because he is desperate for financing wishstar Jan 2018 #16
Jared is out for Jared, and he has had serious debt problems. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #18
Considering he is such an asshole dhol82 Jan 2018 #22
Ivanka married a man just like her father. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #29
So it seems. dhol82 Jan 2018 #30
I'm sure we don't know the half of it. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #31
I just read her wiki page, and boy oh boy.... jaysunb Jan 2018 #25
Dang! MelissaB Jan 2018 #28
Deng and Tony Blair? What does he see in her? Ilsa Jan 2018 #33
Holy cow! KrazyinKS Jan 2018 #27
Wendi Deng Murdoch was rumored to be involved with Putin lapucelle Jan 2018 #32
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. Oh what a tangled web they weave.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 05:53 PM
Jan 2018

Much like Mrs. Mitch McConnell and the contract to run US Coastal Water Shipping.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
24. Yes. Photo was on the
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:51 PM
Jan 2018

cover of a Beautiful Persons Magazine in 2016. Then on to a Putin Villa on the Black Sea.

jrthin

(4,836 posts)
26. Yes. At time when I saw the photo of them vacationing together,
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:59 PM
Jan 2018

I thought it weird. Since that time, I have been waiting to see our government haul Ivanka's ass to prison for treason.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
3. wendy and ivanka are close friends
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 05:57 PM
Jan 2018

wendy may have had affairs with Tony Blair and with Eric Schmidt (Alphabet chairman).

She is rumored to now be dating... Vladimir Putin.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/vladimir-putin-wendi-deng-couple

BigmanPigman

(51,599 posts)
9. I thought that they were confirmed
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:11 PM
Jan 2018

romantic interests from several different sources a year ago. I even had a conversation about it at a holiday party. I assumed it was common knowledge. It doesn't surprise me a bit. Birds of a feather.....

BigmanPigman

(51,599 posts)
11. Wendy and Putin.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:21 PM
Jan 2018

In fact I first heard of it on a Rachel Maddow (or maybe Richard Engel MSNBC) show last year when she was doing a long special about the Moron's family, Ivanka being old friends with Wendy, buildings going up in countries that couldn't afford them (money laundering and real estate) and so on.

Irish_Dem

(47,108 posts)
13. Oh yes, that has been common knowledge. I thought you meant Wendy and Jared.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:23 PM
Jan 2018

The rumor is that she was involved Tony Blair too.

Edited to add: she must be quite a femme fatale.

erronis

(15,286 posts)
19. For many men, it doesn't take much to be "fatale"
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:22 PM
Jan 2018

A tilt of the head, a sideways glance, a touch of makeup...

We are animals, after all.

The little bit of white matter at the front of the human brain (the prefrontal cortex) has a huge role on controlling impulsivity. Some of us are more developed in that area. (I am not.)

Irish_Dem

(47,108 posts)
20. Yes but I would think a lot of women throw themselves at rich and powerful men.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:32 PM
Jan 2018

Wendy must be a hot item to be so successful in her pursuits.

Murdoch married her and she has been a long time Putin girlfriend.
Murdoch is worth $15 Billion and Putin $600 Billion.
And Blair was a prime minister.

PS Erronis, thanks for the warning about your frontal lobe problems,
and the need for women to keep an eye out for you.

Irish_Dem

(47,108 posts)
14. Yes that has been around for a long time.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:24 PM
Jan 2018

I just read that she is supposed to have had an affair with Tony Blair too.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
4. K & R
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 05:58 PM
Jan 2018

These 4 associations go back a long way.
At least 2007/08.
Rupert Murdoch advised Jared on his purchase of the NY Observer.
Wendy reunited the kushners after a breakup.

The Kushners & Murdoch/Deng couples have a history that tells us the advice Jared was given warning of Deng's intentions, was completely ignored.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
7. Anxious for Mueller's FARA Laws to start pointing out the obvious culprits
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:06 PM
Jan 2018

F.A.R.A. opens their books to scrutiny. No more secrecy for them.

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
16. Jared has ignored all warnings because he is desperate for financing
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:52 PM
Jan 2018

Whether it's Chinese or Russian oligarchs or wealthy leaders of Saudi Arabia or United Arab Emirates, he has been open to deals.

Ivanka has admitted that her "friendship" with Wendi is in order to make business connections.

Besides just the yacht vacation in Croatia last summer with Wendi, he and Ivanka have socialized at various locations with Putin buddy Roman Abramovich and his wife.

Irish_Dem

(47,108 posts)
18. Jared is out for Jared, and he has had serious debt problems.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 06:55 PM
Jan 2018

Way over extended financially and needs lots of cash.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
22. Considering he is such an asshole
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:46 PM
Jan 2018

I don’t think his debt problems will go away any time soon.
He is and was a prime candidate for kompromat from everybody.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
25. I just read her wiki page, and boy oh boy....
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:55 PM
Jan 2018

DAMN !! She must have some very special "skills" and a penchant for rich men at least 30 years her senior. Home wrecker and social climber. My my my

When Deng was living with Jake and Joyce Cherry during Deng's studies in the United States, Joyce Cherry discovered her husband, Jake, was having an affair with Deng, who was 30 years his junior, and demanded Deng leave the house. Jake Cherry soon followed and moved in with Deng,[10] and the two married in 1990.[9] Their marriage lasted 2 years 7 months before they were legally divorced,[10] but Jake would later explain they stayed together for only four or five months, when he learned that Deng was spending time with David Wolf, a man closer to her age.[9] Nonetheless, she had been able to secure a green card through her marriage to Cherry.[9][10]

In 1997 she met Rupert Murdoch, who was 37 years her senior, while working as the only Chinese executive at the Murdoch-owned Star TV in Hong Kong.[20] They married in 1999[citation needed] on board his yacht "Morning Glory",[21] less than three weeks after the finalisation of his divorce from his second wife, Anna Murdoch. Following the marriage, she was branded a "gold digger" by sources close to Murdoch, including family members.[22][23] The couple had two children, Grace (born 2001) and Chloe (born 2003). Tony Blair is Grace Murdoch's godfather.[24] In June 2013, Murdoch filed for divorce from Deng, citing irreconcilable differences.[4]

On February 5, 2014, The Daily Telegraph published a report claiming Deng had a crush on Tony Blair, leading to her divorce from Murdoch. The report stated that Murdoch began to hear rumours about his wife in 2012 and is said to have interviewed staff members at his various homes to ask them what they had seen. According to the newspaper, Murdoch learned that Blair had visited Deng at Murdoch's Carmel ranch on more than one occasion. Blair allegedly spent the weekend of April 27, 2013, with Deng at the property. Other sources are quoted as placing Blair and Deng at The Carlyle in New York, on a private yacht, and at Murdoch's home in London.[25] An article in The Economist claimed that as a result of Murdoch's suspicion that Blair had an affair with Deng, he ended his long-standing association with Blair in 2014.[26]

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
33. Deng and Tony Blair? What does he see in her?
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 07:19 AM
Jan 2018

Sounds like she is an asset of Chinese intelligence.

KrazyinKS

(291 posts)
27. Holy cow!
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 08:02 PM
Jan 2018

The surveillance tower bit is what got me. And it's icy outside, too icy to go get a bottle of wine!

lapucelle

(18,265 posts)
32. Wendi Deng Murdoch was rumored to be involved with Putin
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 06:55 AM
Jan 2018

at around the same time that Ivanka vacationed with her in the summer of 2016.

While the Wendi-Vlad dating rumor was never substantiated, there were some BFF pix of Invanka and Wendi that the pair posted on Instagram.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/vladimir-putin-wendi-deng-couple

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/ivanka-trump-wendi-deng-vacation




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