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Inept moron facing criminal charges from multiple court cases requests a hold on a court case - because he has too many court cases to deal with (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It’s very sus.

Jared Kushner received a $2 billion investment from the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund for his newly formed private equity firm[1][3][5]. The investment came six months after Kushner left the White House[5]. Kushner had been seeking a Saudi investment, and the internal fund records and correspondence obtained by The New York Times show the outcome, scale, and timing of his firm's deal as well as the debate it aroused[1]. Kushner had helped broker $110 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over 10 years while he was in the government, and he had set up a nonprofit to promote economic and other ties between the countries after leaving the government[1][2]. The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the $2 billion investment by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia into Kushner's firm Affinity[4]. The investigation will help inform the committee about whether federal ethics laws need to be strengthened so that senior public officials can't take advantage of their government roles to benefit financially[4].

Citations: [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-11/how-did-jared-kushner-get-2-billion-from-the-saudis [3] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-saudi-arabia [4] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-investigating-2b-saudi-investment-jared-kushners-firm-rcna31805 [5] https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jared-kushners-money-saudi-arabia-comes-sharper-focus-rcna70367 [6] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jared-kushner-saudi-arabia-investment-mohammad-bin-salman-1335649/