Tag Archives: Jared Kushner

Reuters: Kushner To “Leave Politics,” Grift Elsewhere

Reuters reports: Jared Kushner, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, plans to launch an investment firm in coming months, a move that will take him away from politics for the foreseeable future, sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday. Kushner, the former chief executive of Kushner Companies, who served as the Republican president’s senior adviser in the …

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BOOK: Jared Kushner “Slow-Walked” Trump’s Craziest Commands Until He Forgot That He’d Ever Made Them

More from Michael Wolff’s new book Landslide: Much of the West Wing and campaign staffs were made up of people whom Jared had picked. Their common characteristic was that, while they were tolerant of Trump, they could be counted on to slow-walk his worst excesses; some, like Herschmann, acting for Kushner, even often sought to put a brake on them. …

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Kushner To Pen “Definitive” Book On Trump Admin

The Guardian reports: Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former president Donald Trump and a senior adviser in his administration, has secured a book deal to recount Trump’s presidency. Broadside Books, a conservative imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced that Kushner’s book will come out in early 2022. Kushner has begun working on the memoir, currently untitled, and is expected to write …

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MD Court Rules Slumlord Kushner Ripped Off Tenants

The Baltimore Sun reports: The apartment company of Jared Kushner violated Maryland’s consumer protection laws numerous times at Baltimore-area properties by collecting debts without the required licenses, charging tenants improper fees, and misrepresenting the condition of rental units, a judge has ruled. In a 252-page decision issued Thursday, Administrative Law Judge Emily Daneker found that violations by Westminster Management and …

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NYT: Orthodox Jewish Groups Brokered Trump Pardons

The New York Times reports: One hacked the computers of business rivals. One bribed doctors to win referrals for his nursing homes. Another fled the country while he was on trial for his role in a fraud that siphoned $450 million from an insurance company, leading to its collapse. Still another ran a Ponzi scheme that plunged a synagogue into …

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Kushner Hails Biden’s “Smart” Iran Policy In WSJ Op-Ed

Axios reports: Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner praised the Biden administration for its Iran strategy, writing in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that Biden’s refusal to remove sanctions before Iran returns to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal is a “smart diplomatic move.” Kushner led Middle East peace talks on behalf of the Trump administration. Former President Trump …

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Lifelike Cyborg To Write Book On Time In White House

Reuters reports: Jared Kushner, who was a senior adviser to then-President Donald Trump, plans to write a book about his White House experiences, including his role in negotiating normalization deals between Israel and Arab states, a source familiar with his plans said on Wednesday. The book will focus heavily on the Middle East and the Israeli deals he helped to …

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Dershowitz Nominates Kushner For Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters reports: Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated by a friendly attorney on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in negotiating four normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations known as the “Abraham Accords.” The deals were announced in a four-month span between mid-August and mid-December and were the …

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Secret Service Rented Bathroom For $3000/Month After Jarvanka Forbade Agents From Using Any Of Their Six

The Washington Post reports: Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law spent months searching for a reliable restroom to use on the job, according to neighbors and law enforcement officials. After resorting to a porta-potty, as well as bathrooms at the nearby home …

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NYT: Trump Told Kushner He Didn’t Want Americans Tested For COVID Until They’re In The ER And Vomiting

The New York Times reports: It was a warm summer Wednesday, Election Day was looming and President Trump was even angrier than usual at the relentless focus on the coronavirus pandemic. “You’re killing me! This whole thing is! We’ve got all the damn cases,” Mr. Trump yelled at Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, during a gathering of top …

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Kushner OK’d Secret Payments To Top Trump Flacks

Salon reports: Top White House adviser Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, personally signed off on keeping salary payments to top campaign officials off the books, according to a person involved with the arrangements. Federal Election Commission records show that the Trump campaign has made no salary payments to chief strategist Jason Miller, who came on board in June, or to …

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Jarvanka Buy $30M Lot On FL’s “Billionaire’s Bunker”

The New York Post‘s Page Six reports: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have splurged on a $30 million-plus lot of land on Miami’s uber-swanky and high-security Indian Creek Island — known as the “Billionaire’s Bunker” — Page Six can exclusively reveal. Ahead of President Trump’s exit from the White House, the couple is busy making plans for life after DC …

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Kushner And Trump Benefited From Millions In Bailouts

NBC News reports: Over 25 PPP loans worth more than $3.65 million were given to businesses with addresses at Trump and Kushner real estate properties, paying rent to those owners. Fifteen of the properties self-reported that they only kept one job, zero jobs or did not report a number at all. The loans to Trump and Kushner properties included a …

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REPORT: Jarvanka Pulled Their Kids From School After Parents Complained About Them Flouting COVID Rules

The New York Daily News reports: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner yanked their kids out of school after fellow parents complained about the president’s top aide and his daughter failing to follow pandemic protocols amid a COVID-19 outbreak in the White House, according to a report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Kushner and Trump withdrew their three children from Milton …

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REPORT: Kushner Approached Trump On Conceding

CNN reports: Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the election, two sources tell CNN. The move comes following Trump’s assertion in a statement from his campaign — moments after CNN projected that President-elect Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States — that Biden is “rushing to falsely …

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Kushner Firm Moves To Evict Hundreds Of Tenants

The Washington Post reports: Westminster Management, an apartment company owned in part by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, has submitted hundreds of eviction filings in court against tenants with past due rent during the pandemic, according to interviews with more than a dozen tenants and a review of hundreds of the company’s filings. A state eviction moratorium currently bars …

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Jarvanka Billboards Are Being Towed Along FL Beaches

CBS News reports: The Lincoln Project, a prominent anti-Trump Republican group, has moved its billboards featuring Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner to Trump’s Mar-a-lago property in Palm Beach, Fla., by boat ahead of Election Day. The digital billboards are the latest development in the back-and-forth between the two White House advisers and the anti-Trump PAC. Lawyers for the couple …

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Kushner On Tape To Woodward: Trump Wanted States To Close So He Could Take Credit For The Reopening

“So with testing now, what he’s been saying to us is, don’t fall into the same trap that we fell into the first time. The states have to own the testing, the federal testing. And the federal government should not own the testing, the federal government should not own, kind of, the rules. “It’s got to be up to the …

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As Virus Raged In April, Kushner Boasted On Tape That Trump Was “Taking The Country Back From Doctors”

CNN reports: President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner boasted in mid-April about how the President had cut out the doctors and scientists advising him on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, comments that came as more than 40,000 Americans already had died from the virus, which was ravaging New York City. In a taped interview on April 18, Kushner told legendary journalist Bob Woodward …

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Jared Kushner Implies Black People Are Lazy [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner says the president wants to help Black people succeed but that they have to want to be successful. “But he can’t want them to be successful more than they want to be successful,” Kushner said on “Fox & Friends” on Monday. Kushner also criticized people who raised their voices …

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