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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka Still Hold $741M Empire Despite White House Roles
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump may not be taking a dime from Uncle Sam. But the ultimate Jewish power couple, who are both unpaid senior White House aides, reportedly still hold a sprawling $741 million real estate and investment empire, raising big new questions about how they will possibly avoid conflicts of interest. Ethics filings…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Ever-Expanding White House Job Now Includes Criminal Justice Reform
Among his many titles, Jared Kushner has been charged with one more: talking out criminal justice reform with lawmakers. BuzzFeed reports that the president’s son-in-law is discussing legislation to reformm criminal justice with Sens. Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat Thursday. Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, joined the meeting…
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Fast Forward Was Stephen Miller’s Republican Family Shunned By Their Liberal California Synagogue?
Stephen Miller, the aide to President Donald Trump who helped create his “Muslim ban” and defended it on television, comes from a Republican family at odds with their fellow congregants and neighbors in liberal southern California. Miller attended Hebrew school at the Santa Monica Synagogue, graduating in 2001. The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke with a…
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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka ‘Exfoliate’ Friends As Social Circle Pushes Back Against Trump
Jared Kushner has lost so many friends since he became a close adviser to President Trump that he has even coined a term for it: exfoliation. “We live in a world and time that are interesting,” he is said to have told investor Wiley Cerilli. “I am seeing which friendships break in the wind.” Kushner…
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Fast Forward Kushner Deal With Chinese Conglomerate For Fifth Avenue Skyscraper Collapses
Chinese conglomerate Anbang Insurance Group is out of negotiations to redevelop the Manhattan headquarters of the Kushner family real estate empire, following concerns about its ability to provide the needed billions in capital and questions about possible foreign influence on ex-Kushner Companies head and now-White House adviser Jared Kushner. “Kushner Companies is no longer in…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Colbert Says Jared Kushner Leads ‘Bureau of Obvious Nepotism’
Stephen Colbert took a swing at Jared Kushner last night, riffing the only White House office the presidential son-in-law is qualified to helm is the “Bureau of Obvious Nepotism.” Tonight! Stephen reveals the grand scheme behind Trump’s new ‘Office of American Innovation’ and its bold young leader. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/aGKZDEgQgg — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) March…
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News Is Jared Kushner Really The White House’s Mr. Everything — Or Is Trump Just Dumping Titles On Him?
Jared Kushner, presidential son-in-law and senior adviser, has been given yet another new role in the Trump administration, with the announcement that he will now head a new White House Office of American Innovation. According to the Washington Post, the West Wing unit will bring together businessmen and strategic consultants in order to solve pressing…
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Fast Forward Kremlin Claims Jared Kushner Meeting With Russian State Bank Was ‘Routine’
A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine disclosed that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, last year — but the Kremlin dismissed the meeting as “routine.” A U.S. Senate committee investigating suspected Russian interference in the election wants to interview…
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