Exclusive: Jared Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Drew Griffin and Curt Devine, CNN Investigates
Updated 1:30 AM ET, Fri July 21, 2017

Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning his name during a sales pitch in May, CNN has found.

References to Kushner are part of online promotions by two businesses that are working with Kushner Companies to find Chinese investors willing to invest in the 1 Journal Square development in exchange for a US visa.

The promotions are posted in Chinese and refer to Kushner Companies as "real estate heavyweights," going on to mention "the celebrity of the family is 30-something 'Mr. Perfect' Jared Kushner, who once served as CEO of Kushner Companies." One posted online in May by the company US Immigration Fund, a private business based in Florida, also contains a reference to Kushner's appearance on the cover of December's Forbes Magazine, under the headline "This guy got Trump elected." The post was removed shortly after CNN contacted the company for comment.

The promotions are aimed at bringing in investors who pay at least $500,000 apiece and in exchange get US visas, and potentially green cards, for themselves and their families if the development meets certain criteria. The deals are part of a legal US government program called EB-5, which grants up to 10,000 immigrant visas per year.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/draft-kushner-visas/index.html

[dalton99a]

1. Kushner doesn't care - he thinks he's untouchable

Barring a state investigation, he's probably right

[enough]

2. Also, he can't see what's wrong with it. NT

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Since his father-in-law got away with it for 40+ years

he has learned how to do it from the master.

The difference for both of them however, is that they are now in positions that are unrelated to business, and that changes the dynamic when it comes to their blatant illegalities. I.e., the federal government has the deepest pockets in the world.

[secondwind]

3. Hope this comes up this coming week... Jared needs half a billion desperately, by Feb. 2018...

His crown jewel, 666 Fifth Avenue, is deeply in debt, and he has to pay the pier next year.

[Shell_Seas]

5. When is enough, enough?

[tanyev]

6. It was a feature, not a bug.