Jared Kushner responded to allegations of improper business dealings made by The New Yorker, asserting that the article's claims are misleading. He published a detailed rebuttal disputing suggestions that foreign investors sought political influence through his business dealings before he returned to government service and challenged evidence cited as proof of such intentions. Additionally, Kushner criticized CNN for reporting on his Middle East work in connection with Israeli company investments without providing full context, clarifying that the financial institution involved does not manage defense contracts but rather large-scale investment funds similar to U.S. firms like Fidelity or Vanguard.
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Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a key Middle East negotiator, has responded to allegations of improper business dealings raised by The New Yorker in September. In a lengthy rebuttal published on Thursday, Kushner argued that the article relied on misleading claims and omitted important documents contradicting its conclusions. He stated he had previously avoided responding to what he considered inaccurate allegations but felt compelled to address them before they became accepted as fact through repetition. Specifically, Kushner challenged The New Yorker's suggestion that foreign businesspeople invested with him in 2021 to gain influence over the U.S. government, noting these investments occurred two years before Trump left office.
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Jared Kushner is pushing back against allegations of improper business dealings raised in a recent New Yorker article, arguing that the story relies on misleading claims and overlooks documents and other evidence that contradict its conclusions.
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Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a key Middle East negotiator, published a lengthy response Thursday to a September article disputing several of its central claims, including allegations about possible conflicts of interest stemming from his business dealings before returning to government service.
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Kushner → publish → service
Kushner said he had previously avoided responding to what he considered inaccurate allegations, but argued that allowing claims to go unanswered can cause them to become accepted as fact through repetition.
“People should at least have access to the facts before they come to any conclusions about me (or anyone else),” Kushner wrote.
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Kushner → say → me
The New Yorker did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.
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Yorker → respond → Examiner
He specifically challenged the article’s suggestion that foreign businesspeople invested with him in 2021 to gain influence over the U.S. government, noting that the investments came two years before Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign.
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Trump → challenge → campaign
Kushner also pointed to what he described as an internal contradiction in the article: A source cited by the New Yorker complained that the investments generated financial returns but failed to produce influence over U.S. policy.
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investments → point → policy
Kushner argued that the claim undercuts the article’s suggestion that the investments were made to gain political influence.
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investments → argue → influence
Kushner said he was not asking readers to agree with his business decisions or diplomatic approach, but wanted the underlying documents and records to be available for readers to assess for themselves.
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readers → say → themselves
Kushner has also pushed back on a similar report published by CNN last week, alleging his work in the Middle East was linked to investments in Israeli companies.
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work → push → companies
“This is another example of a troubling journalistic practice: use a sensational headline that implies wrongdoing, while placing the underlying reporting, and the important facts that substantially qualify the headline behind a paywall,” Kushner wrote of the CNN article.
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Kushner → use → article
Kushner said Phoenix, an Israeli financial institution discussed in the report, is not a defense company but one of Israel’s largest publicly traded financial institutions.
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Phoenix → say → institutions
The company manages approximately $220 billion across thousands of investments.
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company → manage → investments
“Think of Phoenix as the Israeli equivalent of Fidelity or Vanguard: a large financial institution managing retirement and other savings across thousands of investments,” he wrote.
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he → think → investments
“I have no role in choosing those underlying investments.
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I → have → investments
Investments which apparently constitute only a fraction of a percentage of Phoenix’s assets.”
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which → constitute → assets
Kushner said his investment firm, Affinity Partners, has no role in determining which companies Phoenix invests in and does not own the defense companies highlighted in CNN’s report.
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Phoenix → say → report
He also noted that Affinity is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and that its investment in Phoenix was publicly disclosed before Trump was reelected and before Kushner returned to public service.
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Kushner → note → service
Despite Kushner’s effort to quell the allegations, he could face a congressional hearing in the coming months.
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he → quell → months
Two Democrats — who could lead key investigative committees if Democrats take power in November — signaled they would probe Kushner earlier this week.
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they → lead → Kushner
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has called for Kushner to document how his government job intersects with Affinity Partners’ investments.
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job → call → investments
Meanwhile, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) said the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was “investigating the unprecedented and dangerous way in which President Trump and his family have profited directly from their access to power.”
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Trump → say → power
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