Jared Kushner’s attorney says his legal team has formally put Vanity Fair and its parent company, Condé Nast, on notice over allegations about President Donald Trump’s son-in-law that the lawyer characterized as “false and defamatory.”
The dispute centers on an excerpt from investigative journalist Matthew Cole’s forthcoming book, Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East.
The Vanity Fair excerpt alleges that Kushner had access to foreign accounts involving large sums of money during Trump’s first term.
Kushner has categorically denied the allegations.
Newsweek reached out to Vanity Fair and Cole's representation by email for comment Saturday.
Kushner is Trump’s son-in-law and served as a senior White House adviser during Trump’s first administration, from 2017 to 2021.
The allegations concern purported financial arrangements involving countries in the Middle East. According to Cole’s account, Dutch investigators obtained information from Kushner’s compromised phone and uncovered purported financial arrangements involving Middle Eastern governments.
Kushner denies the alleged events occurred.
Cole further alleges that Saudi and Emirati officials arranged for at least $2 billion to be placed in accounts that Kushner could access. The author also alleges that approximately $750 million was transferred into a UAE-linked account on which Kushner was a signatory. Kushner disputes the allegations, and TheWrap said it had not...
Jared Kushner’s attorney says his legal team has formally put Vanity Fair and its parent company, Condé Nast, on notice over allegations about President Donald Trump’s son-in-law that the lawyer ch...