House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is now reportedly asserting that he instructed Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, to “fuck off” following an emissary’s admonition on Comer’s critiques of Kushner’s financial transactions with Saudi Arabia.
In 2022, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund pledged to spend $2 billion in Kushner’s Affinity Partners. In a 2023 interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper
In his latest book, All the President’s Money: Investigating the Secret Foreign Schemes That Made the Biden Family Rich, Comer recounted the events that transpired after his interview on CNN.
“The next day a GOP consultant close to both Kushner and Representative Kevin McCarthy called telling me that I needed to change my statement.” Comer wrote in the book.
“I explained to him that my statement was correct, and that my only regret was that I unintentionally defended Kushner when I accurately stated the difference between his and Hunter Biden’s activities. Kushner does have legitimate businesses with assets and a transparent purpose. Kushner negotiated the Abraham Accords with the Saudis and then started a business to make money from the new trade rules. At least there’s a noncorrupt explanation for the business, something Hunter Biden has rarely offered.” he continued.
“Nevertheless, I felt that Kushner tested ethics by going to Saudi Arabia so soon after leaving office to secure a legitimated $2 billion investment into those businesses. I explained to the GOP consultant (who was obviously a mouthpiece for Kushner) that under my planed legislation to ban influence peddling, Kushner’s dealing would not be legally allowed.” Comer added.
“I figured I had a direct line to Jared Kushner at that moment, so I finished up the call by instructing the consultant to tell Kushner to f–off. I hoped Kushner was listening on speaker phone.” Comer added.
Kushner has attempted to justify his business dealings with Saudi Arabia following his tenure in the White House.
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