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Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Jamie Raskin asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate Jared Kushner—a former senior White House adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump—for possibly acting as an unregistered foreign agent.  Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/24/democratic-lawmakers-request-special-counsel-investigation-into-whether-jared-kushner-acted-as-unregistered-foreign-agent/  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00Democratic lawmakers request special counsel investigation into whether Jared Kushner acted as an unregistered foreign agent.

00:07Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Jamie Raskin asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate Jared Kushner,

00:17a former senior White House adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump, for possibly acting as an unregistered foreign agent.

00:25Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Raskin, ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability,

00:31said in a statement on Oct. 24 that investigators found Kushner's firm, Affinity Partners,

00:38had received more than $150 million since the end of Trump's term from foreign clients,

00:44while generating no return on investment.

00:47The investigation found $87 million came from the Saudi government,

00:52and the company has only invested, quote,

00:54a small fraction of funds it's received from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

01:03The payments came as Kushner remained politically active, specifically on matters of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the statement said.

01:10The letter also cites an Oct. 4 Reuters report alleging Kushner, quote,

01:15discussed U.S.-Saudi diplomatic negotiations involving Israel with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

01:23multiple times since leaving the Trump administration.

01:27The letter from lawmakers to Garland said there is, quote,

01:30substantial reason to believe the Saudi government's decision to engage Affinity 4 Investment Advice

01:36is a fig leaf for funneling money directly, end quote, to Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump,

01:42noting that Kushner had no experience in private equity prior to starting Affinity.

01:47Quote, for years, I've been investigating Jared Kushner's business deals with foreign governments,

01:52Wyden said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

01:56Quote, he's masquerading as an investment manager,

01:59but the evidence I've seen makes him look like an unregistered foreign agent.

02:04Forbes has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.

02:08For more on this story, check out Molly Bohannon's article in the link in the description.

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