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Trump's Son-in-law Has Been Accused Of Accepting A $2 Billion Bribe From The UAE And Saudi Arabia

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Trump's Son-in-law Has Been Accused Of Accepting A $2 Billion Bribe From The UAE And Saudi Arabia
Jared Kushner
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Kushner's attorney denied the allegations.

During Donald Trump’s first presidential term, authorities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia may have transferred at least $2 billion to secret bank accounts accessible to his son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner. This is detailed in a book by journalist Matthew Cole "Princes and Thieves," an excerpt of which was published by Vanity Fair.

According to Cole’s anonymous sources, in late 2017, Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) recruited a Russian hacker who had been working for the GRU. He provided them with access to a server in Rostov-on-Don, where screenshots of Kushner’s iPhone—stolen by Russian intelligence—were stored. By early 2018, Dutch experts had found a way to monitor his phone screen on their own. That’s how they discovered that Trump’s adviser was conducting activities in the Middle East and checking a bank account in the UAE.

According to Cole, early in Trump’s first term, the ruler of the UAE Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman proposed to Kushner that he set up a secret fund to finance White House initiatives. Ultimately, according to the book’s author, the funds were transferred to two separate accounts.

Approximately $750 million was transferred to the first account at First Abu Dhabi Bank starting in 2017. The account belonged to the Watani Al Emarat Foundation, a state-run charitable foundation; however, Kushner allegedly had signing authority and could dispose of the funds. The transfers were routed through Azerbaijani banks to conceal the origin of the funds—they accepted dirhams or Saudi riyals and sent payments in dollars from other accounts for a commission of 6–7%.

The money was intended to advance the interests of the UAE and Saudi Arabia. “Jared promised Mohammed bin Zayed that he would promote their agenda with Trump if they participated in financing the fund,” a source told the journalist.

By the spring of 2018, the UAE authorities had allegedly transferred another $1 billion to Israel via Azerbaijan. According to Cole’s source, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested depositing the money in the Bank of Israel to conceal its connection to Kushner. These funds, the source claims, were intended personally for Trump’s son-in-law. Later, a significant portion of them was allegedly transferred to accounts in Cyprus.

Kushner held the status of a government official and was required to disclose his assets in foreign accounts. High-ranking White House officials were unaware of the alleged transactions. Four former members of the Trump administration—two national security advisers, the White House chief of staff, and the former CIA director—told Cole that they were unaware of the president’s authorization for Kushner’s access to a foreign government account.

Kushner’s attorney rejected the allegations. According to the lawyer, Kushner had no connection to the charitable foundation or the account in the UAE, knows nothing about the alleged account in Israel, and complied with U.S. law. The lawyer emphasized that no such accounts existed and that Kushner’s contacts with foreign governments were coordinated with Trump.

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