Dem Senator Blasts Jared Kushner: I Don’t Trust Him Just Based On His History Of Lying About His Finances

The Washington Examiner reports:

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wants Jared Kushner to testify openly before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and said Congress shouldn’t assume he has told all of the truth about his meetings with Russian officials in his early morning statement Monday.

“It is imperative that the public hear Jared Kushner testify in an open session […], under oath, and support his claims with full transparency in the form of emails, documents and financial records,” Wyden said Monday.

According to Wyden, the 11-page statement from Kushner, “raises far more questions than it answers,” and his descriptions are “incomplete, at best.” “[K]ushner has repeatedly concealed information about his personal finances and meetings with foreign officials. There should be no presumption that he is telling the whole truth,” Wyden added.

More from The Hill:



The Oregon lawmaker said Kushner’s statement was likely crafted with the help of a “clever lawyer” who wrote statement in a way that provided to an “incomplete” overview of his Russian business dealings and contacts.

“His description of his financial relationships with individuals and businesses tied to Russia appears incomplete, at best. Notably, the comment ‘I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector,’ is clearly the work of a clever lawyer trying to protect his client, not someone trying to clear up questions raised by Congress and the American people,” Wyden said. “He has an obligation to be transparent with all relevant documents to back up his claims.”