Investigation Urged Into Jared Kushner For Influence Peddling

Top Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia have urged the House to investigate Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner for influence peddling.

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It Is Jared Kushner, Not Hunter Biden, Who Is Suspected Of Influence Peddling

Recent reports that Jared Kushner is trying to close deals with foreign governments as his father-in-law is plotting a return to the White House has raised alarm bells with Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia who are urging the House Oversight and Foreign Affairs Committees to investigate Jared Kushner.

Raskin and Garcia wrote in a letter:

We write to urge you to convene a hearing regarding Jared Kushner’s apparent influence peddling and quid pro quo deals involving investments in exchange for official actions and to examine the resulting threats to our national security. Our request comes in light of allegations that Jared Kushner is pursuing new foreign business deals, just as Donald Trump becomes the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency. Last year, we…