concordtom said:calpoly said:"Honestly, I think you must be a fool."concordtom said:oski003 said:concordtom said:oski003 said:concordtom said:
Comer says Kushner 'crossed the line of ethics' with Saudi deal
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Thursday that Jared Kushner, former President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser while in office, "crossed the line of ethics" by accepting a $2 billion investment from the Saudi government in his private investment firm six months after he left the White House.
In an interview on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper," Comer acknowledged an argument made by 2024 GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie, who noted Kushner's extensive work in the Middle East on behalf of the Trump White House and claimed in an earlier interview "the Trump family has been involved in grifting for quite some time."
"I've been vocal that I think that what Kushner did crossed the line of ethics," Comer said on CNN
Kushner served his father-in-law in an official capacity as a senior adviser while Trump was president. He met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on behalf of the Trump administration and played a key role in defending the Saudi government after the U.S. concluded the crown prince had approved the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi for criticism of the kingdom.
In 2022, the House Oversight panel, under Democratic leadership, launched a probe into the $2 billion investment Kushner secured from the Saudi Private Investment Fund (PIF), which is controlled by the crown prince.
"Your close relationship with Crown Prince bin Salman, your pro-Saudi positions during the Trump Administration, and PIF's decision to fund the lion's share of your new business venture only six months after the end of your White House tenure create the appearance of a quid pro quo for your foreign policy work during the Trump Administration," former Oversight Chairman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter to Kushner at the time.
In the interview Thursday, Comer insisted the ultimate goal is to change the way Washington works so people cannot benefit from the high-powered jobs their family members have.
"We're trying to do that," Comer said when asked about changing the way Washington works. "That's been the goal from day one is to have a legislative fix. A lot of the President's defenders, especially in the media, say that, 'Well, this influence peddling is a cottage industry in Washington.' Well, it needs to change."
Do you actually read what you post? Your argument requires Kushner to embezzle from an investment fund for his clients. Do you have any evidence whatsoever that he is illegally embezzling from this fund?
Of course I read it.
And give me a break! Of course I think Trump would ask/demand that Jared commingle funds! And I don't have any reason to believe that Jared has the ability to say No.
Call the $2B a finders fee or commission. Trump would absolutely think he is entitled to it!
On May 20, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed a series of letters of intent for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to purchase arms from the United States totaling US$110 billion immediately, and $350 billion over 10 years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_States%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_arms_deal#:~:text=On%20May%2020%2C%202017%2C%20U.S.,%24350%20billion%20over%2010%20years.
Are you dense to not be aware of this arms deal, dense to not realize the $2B was surely a kick back quid pro quo gift to Ivanka, dense to not think Trump would view it as "his", or dense to think Jared has the ethics and backbone to manage an investment fund properly?
The Saudis are throwing money around at golf tournaments. You think they care about return rates? No. They are playing politics. And they have bought the US military industrial complex.
Don't be a fool, Oski.
If you want to get out of the world of make believe, you can hypothesize that Kushner can use commissions from his investment fund to support Trump. However, stop lying about Kushner just having $2 billion at his disposal to do what the Trumps want with. That is absolutely false. You wouldn't sound so ridiculous if you didn't start so far from the truth. Don't be a lying TDS fool.
Who is going to stop any find transfers?
Please tell me, when Kushner contacts the bank to wire money to a brokerage for purchase for S&P index funds, does anybody stop that?
And when Kushner contacts the bank to wire money to a bank X for ?, does anybody stop that?
Honestly, I think you must be a fool.
I suggest ignoring 003. He is the village idiot!
He actually IS on ignore.
I cheated and clicked. Breaking my own boundaries. Just like how Trump broke Carroll's. Just like how Kushner will break fiduciary norms. It happens.
You two should continue to ignore facts and opinions you don't like, get a room, and frolick in your emotionally charged ignorance.
