Jared Kushner, on the other hand, is a goniff. A very successful one — so far.
Raskin asks Comer to subpoena Kushner for information on firm’s Saudi ties
Of course, Slippery Jim Comer figured mouthing a few pieties about “crossing the line” should be enough, since IOKIYAR, but Rep. Raskin has seized the moment. Per Rolling Stone:
House Oversight Democrats are calling on committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to use his subpoena power to investigate the foreign business dealings of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — an investigation Comer has been personally stalling for more than a year…
But earlier this month, Comer himself acknowledged that Kushner had “crossed the line of ethics” in his foreign business dealings, a statement Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is looking to capitalize on.
In a Thursday letter to Comer, Raskin requested that he issue a “subpoena to Jared Kushner’s investment firm, A Fin Management LLC (Affinity), to compel the production of documents regarding the extraordinary funding it received from foreign governments — including billions of dollars from sovereign wealth funds controlled by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) — shortly after Mr. Kushner left government service.” Democrats originally sought information from Affinity in June of last year, a request Kushner ignored…
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