Calls Grow For DOJ To Appoint Special Counsel To Investigate Jared Kushner

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) are calling on the DOJ to nominate a particular counsel to analyze Jared Kushner for being an unregistered overseas agent.

Raskin and Wyden wrote in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland:

We write to induce the Division of Justice (“DOJ”) to nominate a Particular Counsel to analyze attainable violations of the Overseas Brokers Registration Act (“FARA”) by former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former senior White Home adviser, Jared Kushner.

Latest public stories and a Senate investigation have uncovered vital proof that Mr. Kushner acted as an unregistered overseas agent of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By his personal admission, Mr. Kushner is actively advising former President Trump’s marketing campaign whereas being paid not less than $80 million by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and different overseas governments since June 2021.

There’s additionally proof that Mr. Kushner is secretly advising the Saudi authorities on U.S. overseas coverage in a way that undermines the official goals of the U.S. authorities. Whereas on the Saudi government’s payroll, Mr. Kushner is concurrently serving as a political advisor to former President Trump and appearing as a shadow diplomat and political advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and different overseas principals. Regardless of being engaged in plainly political actions, Mr. Kushner has not made FARA disclosures to DOJ associated to the tens of millions of {dollars} he’s paid yearly by entities owned and managed by the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

The size of those undisclosed overseas funds to Mr. Kushner coupled with the nationwide safety implications of his obvious ongoing efforts to promote political affect to the very best overseas bidder are unprecedented and demand motion from DOJ. We due to this fact urge you to nominate a Particular Counsel to analyze whether or not Mr. Kushner is influencing U.S. home and overseas coverage on behalf of overseas authorities shoppers with out making the suitable necessary disclosures, in a way in line with the Department’s longstanding insurance policies relating to election 12 months sensitivities.

Kushner has carried the stench of being a overseas agent and a nationwide safety threat. Jared Kushner has been attempting to maintain a low profile. This is similar Jared Kushner who couldn’t get a safety clearance throughout Trump’s time period in workplace as a result of he was deemed a nationwide safety threat.

Jared Kushner only got a security clearance after Donald Trump overruled the nationwide safety group.

There ought to have been a particular counsel appointed when Kushner fled the White House and then took a big pile of Saudi cash as a “business investment.” Up to now, the Saudi’s have seen zero return from their funding in Jared Kushner.

If Kamala Harris wins, Democrats are going to push laborious for the Harris AG to nominate a Particular Counsel to analyze Jared Kushner.

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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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