Chad Mizelle, an attorney representing Jared Kushner, demanded that Vanity Fair take down a recently published book excerpt alleging that President Donald Trump’s son-in-law had access to secret foreign bank accounts during his first term.
“We formally put Vanity Fair and Condé Nast on notice regarding the false and defamatory allegations published about our client, Jared Kushner,” Mizelle wrote in a statement on X Saturday morning. “Serious questions are now being raised about the credibility of this reporting, including by independent journalists.”
“We call on Vanity Fair to clarify publicly whether it independently verified these allegations and, if so, what evidence supports them. Or did it simply republish the author’s claims without conducting its own fact-checking?” he concluded. “We have demanded that Vanity Fair remove the article and preserve all records relating to its reporting, fact-checking, editorial review and publication.
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