U.S. Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch
Source: Wall Street Journal
Officials said the businesswoman could be trying to further Beijings interests, people familiar with the matter say
WASHINGTONU.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trumps 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 communitys 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
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Looks like China was in on the fun too.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)How long have China and Russia been mucking about in American and European politics?
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)Grins
(7,217 posts)...great in the sac....
The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)Ba-dump-tishhhh!
I've often wondered whether she has a golden--well, you know, dump's favorite target.
Three powerful men. Of course, doesn't say much for her taste that one is a sociopathic billionaire intent on brainwashing the susceptible with racist, classist propaganda, one is known as "Bush's poodle" for his craven buy-in on the Iraq debacle, and one is a kleptocratic dictator.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)Igel
(35,317 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Princess Beatrice of York, Wendi Deng, Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner attend the men's final between Novack Djokovic of Serbia and Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland at Arthur Ashe Stadium on day 14 of the 2016 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City.
sigh ... can't seem to get the image to come up in the post ... but Wendi has her hands on Ivanka's neck and shoulder .... hmmmm
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)JI7
(89,250 posts)Maybe ex now
derick38
(6 posts)Whats going on here. Could someone help me understand why the journal is reporting all these embarrassing stories about trump?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)She is a bad piece of property.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 16, 2018, 08:43 AM - Edit history (1)
The article is just about how Kushner was warned of the potential conflict. In a routine senior staff security briefing, and the project was shuttered after the discovery of the counter-intelligence concerns. And its not like this is new, theyve been trying to build the gardens since 2003.
Im sure the FBI and Secret Service has gone through their entire list of friends and acquaintances to discover potential conflicts.
Im waiting for something real to come up that has real criminal implications.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)This entire family are a bunch of users who will use anything and anyone to elevate their status to pursue their insatiable quest for money; preferably other people's money. Also, Ivanka and Jared along with the rest of the Trumps are social climbers trying to elevate their status beyond being the offspring of their deranged, social climbing, 5 time bankrupt p*ssy grabbing, whore mongering daddy.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Waiting here too but happy that the WSJ is kicking some sand at the TRump family. And anyone with the Murdoch name is likely trouble, ex's included.