Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a U.S. special envoy, said Friday that CNN published a misleading report linking his Middle East diplomatic work to investments in Israeli defense companies. His response addressed a CNN article examining possible conflicts involving his private equity firm’s investments.
Kushner said CNN’s headline and story wrongly suggested that his diplomatic work in the Middle East benefited investments in Israeli defense companies. CNN’s report, published Thursday according to Fox News, said Kushner had been a key negotiator on the war in Gaza while his firm, Affinity Partners, had ties to an Israeli company involved in the country’s military. The Daily Beast described the investment as a stake in a group that invests in Israeli military suppliers.