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Fast Forward Kushner Companies Nix China Pitch After Visa Controversy
Kushner Companies is canceling two upcoming presentations to Chinese investors after the real estate business ran into suspicions of corruption last week, when Nicole Kushner Meyer appeared to hawk American visas at a business pitch while promoting her brother Jared Kushner’s ties to the White House. The real estate company has been trying to raise…
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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka Branded Corrupt ‘Princelings’ By Jill Abramson In New York Times
Members of the Trump and Kushner families are corrupt “princelings” using their access to the White House to steer business towards their companies, journalist Jill Abramson argued in a New York Times op-ed Thursday. Abramson compared Trump and Kushner families to the Chinese children of government leaders who use their family connections to enrich themselves….
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Fast Forward Meet Nicole Kushner, Jared’s Visa-Hawking Sister
Nicole Kushner – the sister of Jared Kushner – was mostly on the sidelines until this week, when her attempt to raise real estate capital in China raised concerns about corruption and self-dealing. It’s a first for her – before now her brother Joshua and father Charles have gotten more attention as relatives of Jared….
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Opinion Armed And Dangerous: After Firing James Comey, Trump Will Weaponize The FBI
It’s clear what Donald Trump got rid of in his “midnight massacre” firing of FBI Director James Comey: an investigation into his ties to Russia that is somewhere between pesky and a prelude to impeachment. Less well observed is what he gained: the weaponization of the FBI, soon to be headed by a Trump loyalist,…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Conflict In Spotlight Over Trump’s Cash-For-Visas Loophole
The blunt Chinese sales pitch by Jared Kushner’s sister Nicole Meyer brought a barrage of bad press to the Kushner-Trump family. It also raised, once again, questions about the potential conflicts of interest Kushner faces as a top aide to the president who is also a real estate businessman. In her pitch, Meyer and representatives…
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Fast Forward Kushners Sorry For Using Jared In China Cash-For-Visas Pitch
(JTA) — Kushner Companies, the company owned by the family of senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner, reportedly has apologized for using his name during a real estate sales pitch to Chinese investors. Nicole Meyer, Kushner’s sister, made the pitch on Saturday in Beijing to more than 100 Chinese investors. Meyer said the project “means a…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Sister Uses Family’s Holocaust Survivor Past To Sell Real Estate Deal To Chinese
(JTA) — Jared Kushner’s sister highlighted her family’s Holocaust survivor past and connection to the son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump during a real estate sales pitch to Chinese investors. Nicole Meyer, Kushner’s sister, made the sales pitch on Saturday in Beijing to more than 100 Chinese investors, the New York Times reported….
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Fast Forward Conservatives Accuse Jared and Ivanka For Watered-Down Executive Order On Religious Freedom
Did President Trump’s Executive Order on religious freedom signed Thursday please anyone? Liberals fret that it went too far, while some conservatives feel that the it fell short of Trump’s campaign pledge to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment which prohibits clergy from pulpit politicking. Why the sudden softening in Trump’s approach? Robert P. George, a…
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