US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has rejected allegations that he had access to secret bank accounts linked to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates while serving as a White House adviser during Trump’s first term.
The allegations were outlined in an excerpt from reporter Matthew Cole’s book set for release, published by Vanity Fair, which claimed Dutch intelligence officers monitored Kushner’s phone and uncovered purported financial arrangements involving Gulf leaders.
The report said almost $750 million was moved to an account belonging to a UAE government-backed charity, with Kushner who is named as a signatory. The account allegedly was contemplated by UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a fund for the Trump administration’s foreign policy objectives.
The report also claimed another one-billion-dollar account associated with Kushner that was for his personal use. The allegations have not yet been proven to be true.
Kushner dismissed the allegations as “outrageous fabrications” and “categorically false”.
“All of these allegations were shot down on the record by us, and not a single piece of corroborating evidence was provided by the author, such as bank statements, wire transfers, or anything else that could be substantiated,” he wrote in a post on X.
His attorney, Chad Mizelle, dismissed the charges as unfounded. The accounts didn’t exist.
