New book makes fiery claims about Jared Kushner’s finances in Trump’s first term
Summary
A new book by Matthew Cole alleges that Jared Kushner had access to bank accounts funded by Gulf states during Donald Trump’s first term. Kushner calls the claims false, says the book offers no evidence, and has demanded a retraction and threatened legal action; the article notes that the book relies mainly on anonymous sources and does not reproduce supporting documents.Key Facts
- The book is titled *Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East*.
- Vanity Fair published an excerpt last Thursday, and the book was released in the United States this week.
- Cole alleges that Emirati and Saudi leaders set up two accounts for Kushner during Trump’s first term.
- The book alleges that Kushner partly managed the accounts using an iPhone hacked by Russian and Dutch intelligence.
- Kushner called the claims false, said he cooperated with investigations, and denied that the alleged events occurred.
- Kushner has demanded that Vanity Fair retract the excerpt and threatened legal action against publisher Simon & Schuster.
- An attorney representing Trump told Cole that Kushner made no unauthorized arrangements with foreign officials and that no such accounts existed.
- The article says Cole’s sources are predominantly anonymous and that the book does not include images of emails or other documents supporting its reporting.
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