Kushner on Khashoggi: In Fact-finding Phase

In an interview with CNN's Van Jones at CITIZEN by CNN, Jared Kushner says the White House is in a fact-finding phase when asked about Saudi Arabia's explanation for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death.

Jared Kushner Is Neck Deep in the Saudi Arabia Cover-up

According to new reports, Jared Kushner has been helping soothe Donald Trump’s nerves about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi Arabia, telling the President that the public is going to forget about it very soon. While the public does have a short attention span, an administration that is covering up the death of a permanent resident at the hands of a foreign government isn’t the kind of thing that people seem to gloss over, especially considering the financial connections between the two families. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

Jared Kushner and Family Hit With Massive Lawsuit from Former Tenants They Harassed

The business owned by White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is now being sued by former tenants who claim they were forced out of their rent-controlled apartments so the Kushner family could build a series of high-rent luxury condos. The actions described by these tenants is very clear harassment by Kushner Companies, and this legal case should be a slam dunk for the plaintiffs, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

Are Saudi Arabia and UAE Buying Influence in the White House? - Inside Story

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is reported to have boasted that he has US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in his pocket. And leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the President was offered business deals from the Gulf to influence U.S. policy.

The potential role of foreign money in the Trump White House is attracting the scrutiny of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Are these lobbying efforts reshaping the Middle East?

Presenter: Jane Dutton | Guests: Mahjoob Zweiri - Director of the Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; Khalil Jahshan - Executive Director, Arab Center Washington DC; Afshin Shahi - Senior Lecturer of Middle East Politics, University of Bradford

Conflicts of Interest in the White House? - Inside Story

Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has a reputation for being one of the president’s closest and well listened to advisers.

But his role in the White House is being scrutinised because of US media reports about the impact his business ties are having on US policy. Questions are being asked whether or not he’s misused his influence to secure money for his family's business from foreign countries.

Another concern is whether he helped Russian interference in Trump's election campaign.

All that while the president’s appointed Middle East peace broker had his top level security clearance downgraded last week.

Is that a sign of more chaos in the president's inner circle?

Presenter: Mohamed Jamjoom | Guests: Clyde Wilcox - Professor of Government, Georgetown University; Bruce Fein - Former US Associate Deputy Attorney General; Rami Khouri - Senior Fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy, American University of Beirut

New Report Suggests Jared Kushner May Be Compromised By China | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Rachel Maddow looks at a new report in the New Yorker about U.S. intelligence concerns that Jared Kushner tried to mix personal business with U.S. China policy and made himself vulnerable to manipulation as a result.

Jared Kushner’s Finances And President Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy | AM Joy | MSNBC

Joy Reid and her panel discuss Jared Kushner’s reportedly troubled 666 Fifth Avenue property, his foreign policy decisions, and his recent business dealings with foreign entities.

Report: Some Donald Trump Lawyers Wanted Jared Kushner Out Over Russia Probe | The Last Word | MSNBC

The Wall Street Journal reports some of President Donald Trump's lawyers advised him that Jared Kushner should step down because of possible legal complications related to the Russia investigation. Jed Shugerman, Peter Baker, and Max Boot join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Fake Bannon Email Account Learns Breitbart's Deep Dark Secrets

Breitbart editors told a fake Steve Bannon all their plans for the destruction of Jared and Ivanka. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.

Award-Winning Journalist Amy Wilentz on Just How Little Jared Kushner Knows About Foreign Politics

President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is, along with Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., at the center of a shocking New York Times story published Sunday. According to the article, Kushner, Trump Jr. and then-campaign chair Paul Manafort met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 campaign after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton at Trump Tower two weeks after Trump won the Republican nomination. Kushner is one of Trump’s senior advisers who has assumed a major diplomatic role in the administration, despite having no previous diplomatic experience. We speak to Amy Wilentz, a contributor at The Nation.

Mika Brzezinski Demolishes Trump & His 'Lobotomized' Staffers Over Tillerson Report: Out Of His Mind

Wendy Sherman: Jared Kushner Backchannel Defense 'Took My Breath Away' | The Last Word | MSNBC

Ambassador Wendy Sherman says President Trump's actions on his recent European trip shows that he "plays checkers while other leaders play chess." She agrees with Lawrence O'Donnell that French President Emmanuel Macron is now "leader of the free world."

Jared Kushner Under More Scrutiny after Russia Revelations

President Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser, Jared Kushner, reportedly held meetings during the presidential transition to set up a secret communications channel with Russia. Errol Barnett reports.

Jared Kushner Scrutinized for Real Estate Deals

White House senior adviser and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is under fire after a New York Times Magazine and Pro Publica report said that he went after low-income tenants as a real estate developer. Pro Publica reporter Alec MacGillis wrote the article, and joins CBSN with more details.

Trump White House Fails to Address Kushner Allegations

Russian Ambassador Told Moscow that Kushner Wanted Secret Channel with Kremlin

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Trump Returns to Crisis Over Kushner as White House Tries to Contain It

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump headed home on Saturday to confront a growing political and legal threat, as his top aides tried to contain the fallout from reports that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is a focus of investigations into possible collusion between Russia and the president’s campaign and transition teams.

As Mr. Trump ended a nine-day overseas trip that aides considered the most successful stretch of his presidency, he was returning to a crisis that had only grown in his absence. The White House canceled a presidential trip to Iowa in the coming days and was putting together a damage-control plan to expand the president’s legal team, reorganize his communications staff and wall off a scandal that has jeopardized his agenda and now threatens to engulf his family. » | Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush and Julie Hirschfeld Davis | Saturday, May 27, 2017

Watergate Prosecutor: Jared Kushner Should Be Concerned | The Last Word | MSNBC

As NBC News first reported, Jared Kushner is "under scrutiny" in the FBI's Russia investigation, meaning the probe is now in the Trump White House and in the Trump family. Should Kushner keep his job? David Frum & Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks join Joy Reid.

Jared Kushner Caught Selling Golden Tickets To America

Is there anything “The Kush” can’t (or won’t) do? Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.

In Beijing Ballroom, Kushner Family Flogs $500,000 'Investor Visa' to Wealthy Chinese

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: BEIJING - The Kushner family came to the United States as refugees, worked hard and made it big - and if you invest in Kushner properties, so can you.

That was the message delivered Saturday by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner's sister to a ballroom full of wealthy Chinese investors, renewing questions about the Kushner family's business ties to China. Jared Kushner is married to Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka.

Over several hours of slide shows and presentations, representatives from the Kushner family business urged Chinese citizens gathered at the Ritz-Carlton hotel to consider investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a New Jersey real estate project to secure what's known as an investor visa.

But President Donald Trump's vow to crack down on immigration, as well as criticism from members of Congress, has led to questions about the future of a program known here as the "golden visa". » | Emily Rauhala | Sunday, May 7, 2017