Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner Struck Out In His First Foray Into Middle East Diplomacy

... I think anyone could have done it,” he said. Obama administration officials, still in office, were irate. For several months, Britain and France had been pressing the United States to join them in presenting a U. N. Security Council resolution sanctioning Syria and the Islamic State for using chemical weapons. Russia had made it clear it would veto the resolution, but for the two Europeans allies it was worth exposing Russia’s defense of the Syrian regime. The United States initially balked, fearing a confrontation with Russia might jeopardize Kerry’s efforts to negotiate with Moscow a cease-fire in eastern Aleppo. But by December, Aleppo had already fallen, and the Obama administration began pressing for a vote on the chemical weapons resolution. But when they went back to the British, they got a cold shoulder. “I felt like I got the runaround,” said the official. “I took it to mean the Obama administration was out of juice.”. At the same time, the British began to backtrack on another joint initiative ...

Jared Kushner Agrees To Speak To Senate Panel About Russia

... about arranging meetings with the Russian ambassador and other officials, the White House confirmed Monday. Jared Kushner has agreed to speak to the committee, which is conducting an investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, including whether there are any ties between Trump associates and the Kremlin, the White House said. Kushner is the fourth Trump associate to offer to be interviewed by the congressional committees looking into the murky Russia ties. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, Trump adviser Carter Page and Trump associate Roger Stone last week volunteered to speak to the committee as well. The White House noted that throughout the 2016 presidential campaign and transition Kushner served as the main contact with foreign governments and officials. Trump associates’ ...

Jared Kushner Will Be Questioned By The Senate Intel Committee As Part Of Its Trump-russia Probe

... interference in the 2016 election and whether any collusion occurred between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. "Mr. Kushner has volunteered to be interviewed as part of the committee's investigation into the Russian activities surrounding the 2016 election," Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner, the intel committee's chairman and vice chairman, respectively, told the New York Times in a statement. The questions will center around Kushner's meeting with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, in December at Trump Tower with Gen. Michael Flynn, according to the Times. Kushner will also be asked about a previously undisclosed meeting he had in December with the head of Russia's state-owned Vnesheconombank, which was sanctioned by Obama after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. The White House did not immediately respond to request for comment, but White House spokesperson Hope Hicks confirmed Kushner's meetings to the Times. Kushner's meeting with ...

Trump Son-in-law Jared Kushner To Be Questioned By Senate Intel Panel Over Russia

... "he met with countless individuals. That was part of his job.". He added, "You're acting as though there's something nefarious about doing what he was actually tasked to do.". Spicer said that it's not every day a person in a senior position volunteers to talk to the Senate Intelligence Committee and that "based on the media frenzy that existed around this, he volunteered to make sure that he said, 'Hey, we made some contacts, I'd be glad to explain them. Let me know if you'd like to talk.' Plain and simple.". The committee is scheduled to hold its first open hearing in its Russia investigation on Thursday with expert witnesses on Russia and cybersecurity. The revelation about the committee's interest in Kushner comes as the White House was preparing to announce that he'll be in charge of a new White House Office of American Innovation, which the Washington Post reports will be a sort of "SWAT Team of strategic consultants. staffed by former business executives and. designed to infuse fresh ...

Nunes Admits Meeting With Source Of Trump Surveillance Documents On White House Grounds

... orchestrated by the White House.”. Nunes again declined to disclose with whom he met, citing the need “to protect people who bring information to the committee, and I’m going to protect my source.” His office said he met the source on the White House grounds. The House Intelligence Committee is authorized to handle classified information and routinely meets with officials — including whistleblowers — from U. S. spy agencies. Nunes spokesman Jack Langer said that because of limitations on House computer systems, Nunes could not have used secure facilities at the Capitol to review the files. He added that “the White House grounds was the best location to safeguard the proper chain of custody and classification of these documents.”. Nunes has said that the documents include references to Trump advisers and associates but do not pertain to Russia. In the past few days, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former campaign advisers Carter Page and Roger Stone volunteered to make themselves available for interviews with the Senate and House Intelligence committees. On Monday, officials from the White ...

Here's Why The Kushner's Tower Needs A Savior

... and the debt was refinanced - providing temporarily lower interest rates and segmenting a portion of the loans into the “hope note,” with an understanding that it may never be repaid. The note is now held widely by investors in bundles of debt securities. For a while, the arrangement worked. Debt payments dropped in 2012 and the property made money. But the break was short-lived. Citibank, whose logo adorned the building and which occupied one-fourth of its 1.45 million square feet of office space, was leaving. Still, Kushner Cos.’ new partner took the exit in stride, noting that Citi owed them rent until its lease was up in 2014 - plenty of time to find new tenants for the 41-story tower. The most important business stories of the day. Get Bloomberg's daily newsletter. Sign Up. “When we came into this asset some two years ago, it had been off the radar for years, because of its broken capital structure,” David Greenbaum, a Vornado president for New York, said in a call with investors in November 2013. “We came in and recapitalized this building and have ...

With The White House In Crisis, Jared Kushner Spring Breaks In Aspen

... causing quite a stir with other New Yorkers spring breaking in the mountains. Earlier this week, moms complained to me about the commotion the First Family was causing for fellow skiers in the enclave, where the mountain is full and space in favored restaurants is already tight this time of year. “They’re everywhere. There are so many of them,” one New York mom said. “Everyone is complaining. Everyone is annoyed.” That the Trumps travel with a pack of Secret Service agents, too, doesn’t help matters. The Aspen Times reported that 100 Secret Service members tailed the family, though neither the agency nor the local police department would confirm that number, as a matter of protocol. While Kushner, 36, and Ivanka Trump, 35, reunited for a little break from the daily grind in D. C., news broke that she has for weeks been working out of an office in the West Wing and will soon receive a security clearance and government-issued communication devices. She still will not be an official government employee, opting instead to remain an adviser without pay, though now privy to intelligence information and voluntarily complying with the sorts of ...

Documents Show Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump To Divest Some Assets

... & Commercial Bank of China, among other assets. Keep up with the best of Bloomberg Politics. Get our newsletter daily. Sign Up. Ivanka Trump announced in January that she was handing management of her brand to top lieutenant Abigail Klem. The closely held company licenses her name to vendors that make goods, including a $100 million apparel line made by G-III Apparel Group, as well as shoes and accessories. Ivanka Trump said at the time that she planned to take a leave of absence and help her three young children adapt to a new home and schools in Washington. She placed her brand into a trust, retaining ownership of the company and receiving payouts. A representative for Ivanka Trump didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Lawyers for Kushner announced in January that he’d divest from 666 Fifth Avenue, a Manhattan office tower, as well as numerous Kushner Cos. operating businesses and any foreign investments. The divestments would be carried out ...

Is Ivanka's Husband Jared A Sketchy Dude? Here's What You Need To Know

... from the Russian bank for 666 Fifth. Altogether, this building is a mess. Sketchy Meter: 9/10. Kushner’s father was sent to jail by Chris Christie. Trump meets with Christie in November at New Jersey golf club. To view this video please enable Java Script, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML 5 video. Jared’s father, Charles Kushner, was sentenced to two years in jail about 10 years ago. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations (can’t forget  this whole thing with former New Jersey Governor James Mc Greevey). Oh yeah, and the case was prosecuted by Christie, who was then the US attorney for New Jersey (Kushner grew up in north Jersey). Here’s what happened: Charles and his brother, Murray, fought a lot. They were constantly suing each other, which led the government to investigate their finances. Charles’ sister, Esther, and her husband were working against him in the investigations. So Charles hired a prostitute to seduce Esther’s husband, had their sexual encounter filmed and sent the tape to his sister. Yup. This all happened while Jared was in law school at NYU. But when his father landed in jail, ...

17 Facts About Donald Trump's Adviser And Son-in-law

... be good for them to know each other professionally. They fell for each other, and now they refer to it as "the best deal we ever made!" When asked in 2015 by the New York Times if his wife was involved in his business, Jared said, "She’s a great sounding board." They support each other's work lives: "I'm happy for him when he is in the office working late," Ivanka told New York. "I know how good that feels when you sit down and return e-mails." In a Vogue profile , Ivanka shared a story about one of her date nights with Jared. "So, my husband's idea of a date night somehow always involves me looking at one of his development sites.". Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. In that same Vogue story, Jared said, "I would say she is definitely the CEO of our household, whereas I'm more on the board of directors. We both pick up slack for each other where it's needed, but she doesn't want to outsource mothering, so she's very involved.". 15. He expresses pride in his growing family. A post shared by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump) on. Sep 18, 2016 ...