{"id":47784,"date":"2026-04-18T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47784"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:12:01","slug":"financial-pawn-of-the-saudi-monarchy-house-judiciary-opens-probe-into-jared-kushner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/financial-pawn-of-the-saudi-monarchy-house-judiciary-opens-probe-into-jared-kushner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Financial Pawn of the Saudi Monarchy\u2019: House Judiciary Opens Probe Into Jared Kushner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by Mandel Ngan \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou cannot faithfully represent the United States with billions of dollars in Saudi and Emirati cash burning a hole in every pocket of every suit you own,\u201d said Rep. Jamie Raskin.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr 17, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday morning announced a \u201csweeping\u201d probe into alleged self-enrichment by Jared Kushner<\/a>, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump<\/a> who has served as a high-profile White House<\/a> envoy in the Middle East while also, according to Congressman Jamie Raskin<\/a>, \u201csoliciting billions of dollars from Gulf monarchies for [his] private business ventures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter <\/a>addressed to Kushner, the Maryland Democrat charges that by pushing for investments in his international investment firm, A Fin Management LLC (Affinity), while also serving as \u201cSpecial Envoy for Peace\u201d for the Trump administration<\/a>, he has created \u201ca glaring and incurable conflict of interest\u201d in the eyes of the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While Raskin points out that Kushner repeatedly vowed to stay out of government during Trump\u2019s second term and, going further, said he would not raise funds for Affinity during that time, both promises were \u201cquickly\u201d broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April of 2022, the New York Times<\/a> reported<\/a> how Kushner had secured a $2 billion investment from a sovereign wealth fund directed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MbS. In 2018, during Trump\u2019s first term, investigations were demanded over accusations that previous financial ties meant that MbS had Kushner \u201cin his pocket<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Raskin\u2019s letter on Friday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Kushner\u2019s investment firm, Affinity Partners, has amassed approximately $6.16 billion<\/a> in assets under management\u2014including $1.2 billion in the past year alone\u2014with an extraordinary 99 percent of its funding derived from foreign nationals. These include sovereign wealth funds operated by the governments of Saudi Arabia<\/a>, the United Arab Emirates<\/a>, and Qatar<\/a>. At the same time, Mr. Kushner has assumed a central role in sensitive geopolitical negotiations across the Middle East and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite explicit public <\/a>assurances<\/a> that he would avoid both government service and fundraising during President Trump\u2019s second term, Mr. Kushner has done precisely the opposite. He has inserted himself into the world\u2019s most volatile global conflicts as one of the United States\u2019 chief negotiators all while deepening his financial reliance on, and entanglement with, foreign governments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Citing the horrific US complicity in Israel\u2019s ongoing attacks on Gaza<\/a> as well as Trump\u2019s illegal war of choice against Iran, Raskin\u2019s letter to Kushner charges that \u201cyour decision to play completely irreconcilable and unethical dual roles has been haunting American foreign policy since President Trump returned to Washington<\/a> in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noting that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia remains \u201cyour largest investor through Affinity and thus possesses significant financial leverage over\u201d Kushner, Raskin explains to the president\u2019s son-in-law in his letter that \u201cyou cannot both be a diplomat and a financial pawn of the Saudi monarchy at the same time; you cannot faithfully represent the United States<\/a> with billions of dollars in Saudi and Emirati cash burning a hole in every pocket of every suit you own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to these concerns, explained Raskin, the House Committee on the Judiciary investigation will probe \u201cyour conduct and that of your firm with the goal of learning information critical to reforming our bribery laws, conflict of interest provisions, other statutes and rules governing the conduct of government and special government employees, and FARA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offering a list of requests, the letter demands that Kushner provide a detailed account of his communications with various investment partners and entities related to his business dealings and that of his work as special envoy to the president, with a deadline of April 30 to comply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis investigation will be a priority for our Committee in the coming period,\u201d Raskin\u2019s letter states. \u201cWe expect your full cooperation and that you will provide us with all relevant documents that touch upon how your business interests, family wealth, and governmental duties and missions have merged and converged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Mandel Ngan \/ AFP via Getty Images) \u201cYou cannot faithfully represent the United States with… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47785,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784\/revisions\/47785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}