All the ex-president's men* at Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners

[Uncle Joe]

Jared Kushner, center, and other former Trump Administration employees now working at Affinity Partners. From the upper right corner, right to left, they are: former Maj. Gen. Miguel Correa, Avi Berkowitz, Thomas Storch, Kevin Hassett, Cale Clingenpeel, Ian Brekke, Charlton Boyd, NIck Butterfield, *Cassidy Dumbault Luna, John Rader and Chad Mizelle.

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KUSHNER AND MBS

Under Trump, Kushner effectively ran Middle East policy. Kushner and one of his partners at Affinity, Avi Berkowitz, are said to have helped negotiate the Abraham Accords, a series of bilateral agreements between Israel, the UAE and several other Arab nations normalizing diplomatic relations. He also cozied up to autocrats like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), offering him what The New York Times called private advice on how to “weather the storm” after the brutal murder and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

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“Affinity’s total reliance on a small handful of foreign government investors raises other concerns due to the prevalence of other former U.S. government officials on Affinity’s payroll…including Mr. Kushner, that recently served in key foreign policy and national security roles and had access to the highest levels of classified information and military secrets,” Sen. Wyden wrote. “Since 100% of Affinity’s outside capital and streams of income comes from foreign sources, primarily sovereign wealth funds, I am concerned that Affinity’s private investment funds are being exploited by former U.S. government officials as a loophole to receive compensation from foreign governments without disclosing these payments under FARA.”

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Wyden specifically noted the presence of retired Major General Correa on Affinity’s payroll “raises concerns regarding compliance with the emoluments clause of the constitution” which “prohibits retired U.S. military personnel from accepting payments from foreign governments” – including commercial entities controlled by a foreign government – unless they receive waivers.

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Affinity’s SEC filing shows that that most of the cash and assets it’s taken in – $2.973 billion – is socked away in its Affinity Partners GP LP fund in the Cayman Islands. It has six beneficial owners, all of whom are non-U.S. persons. None, of course, are named.

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/07/all-the-ex-presidents-men-at-jared-kushners-affinity-partners/

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Among the males, except for the guy in uniform, what a collection of punchable faces.

[orthoclad]

2. Jared bin Kushner

It's been HOW many years? And no followup to the 2 billion bribe/quid pro quo?

"Car 54, where are you"


I hope Biden has the grit to replace Garland. Finally.