A committee in the US House of Representatives is investigating the Saudi government’s investment of two billion dollars in a company affiliated with Jared Kushner.
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Former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
A US House of Representatives committee said Thursday that it is investigating the Saudi government’s investment of $2 billion in a company owned by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump.
Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said she is investigating whether “Kushner’s personal financial interests have improperly influenced US foreign policy in the Middle East under the Trump administration.”
Maloney sent a letter to Kushner, who was an advisor to Trump during his presidency, requesting documents for investments in his company.
A spokesman for Kushner told the New York Times that he “complyed with all legal and ethical standards during and after his tenure in government.” The company did not immediately respond to a request from “Archyde.com” for comment.
In her letter, Maloney wrote: “Your support for Saudi interests did not waver even as Congress and the rest of the world were closely scrutinizing Saudi human rights abuses in Yemen, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi assassination squad linked to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the campaign that Saudi Arabia is waging it against political opponents at home.
Maloney said Kushner founded the company after Trump left office, and secured $2 billion in Saudi investments six months later.
In the middle of last April, he reported A report published by the “BBS” news siteKushner invested $2 billion from the Saudi fund managed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which raised questions “about business ethics in the post-White House period.”
This comes at a time, during the daily press briefing at the White House, White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre confirmed that President Joe Biden’s statements during which he pledged to make Saudi Arabia “a pariah and pay the price” Still standing.