Investigation into Riyadh’s $ 2 billion investment in Trump’s son-in-law company.
The US House of Representatives has launched an investigation into Saudi Arabia’s $ 2 billion investment in the private company of Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former adviser.
A US House committee member announced on Thursday that he was investigating a $ 2 billion investment by the Saudi government in Jared Kouchner, the son-in-law and adviser to former President Donald Trump during his time in the White House.
According to Reuters, New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, said in a letter Thursday that the House Oversight Committee is considering whether you (Kouchner) were improperly using the position. Your government has traded for billions of dollars from the Saudi government, and whether your personal financial interests have adversely affected US foreign policy during your father-in-law’s administration.
In the letter, which he sent to Koushner, he requested documents regarding the investment in his company A Fin Management LLC (Affinity). A Koushner spokesman told the New York Times that he “followed all legal and ethical guidelines, both during and after his government service.” The company did not respond to a request for comment by Reuters on Thursday.
The US lawmaker added in the letter: “Your (Kushner) support for the interests of Saudi Arabia was unshakable, even as Congress and the rest of the world pay close attention to human rights abuses in Yemen, the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi assassins affiliated with Mohammed bin Salman.” The Crown Prince and the suppression of political dissent in Saudi Arabia were examined.
Kouchner listed the company after Trump ousted him, and six months later acquired a $ 2 billion investment in Saudi Arabia, Maloney said.
Earlier in April, Jared Kouchner spent more than six hours investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Congress, which Trump is said to have instigated.