Donald Trump and Jared Kushner. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 3The US House Oversight and Reform Committee said Thursday it intends to investigate a $2 billion investment Saudi Arabia made in the firm of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of the former US President Donald Trump. «The committee intends to investigate whether Mr. Kushner's personal financial interests have improperly influenced U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the Trump administration,» New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, head of the committee, said Thursday. Her words are quoted on the website of the structure she leads. Maloney noted that throughout the years that Trump was in power, support for the interests of Saudi Arabia from his administration «has been unshakable.» «This comes as Congress and the rest of the world are closely scrutinizing human rights abuses in Yemen, as well as the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi <…> and the Saudi government's crackdown on dissidents in their country,» she said. she. The head of the oversight committee recalled that after leaving the leadership position in the White House, Kushner founded the investment company A Fin Management LLC and secured $ 2 billion in funding from the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund. In this regard, Maloney demanded that Kushner provide Congress with everything documents requested from him regarding this funding, including personal messages and recordings, by June 16, 2022. USA to hell
