By james art Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, requested in a letter Thursday that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appoint special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his investment firm.
The two Democratic leaders wrote in the letter to Garland that there is evidence that Kushner “acted as an unregistered foreign agent of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” and violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
“By his own admission, Mr. Kushner actively advised former President Trump’s campaign while receiving at least $80 million from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments as of June 2021,” the letter said. “There is also evidence that Mr. Kushner is secretly advising the Saudi government on US foreign policy in a way that undermines the official goals of the US government.”
The lawmakers wrote in the letter that “DoJ precedent supports the appointment of a special counsel in investigations of senior U.S. government officials or senior political figures.”
They said Kushner’s “closeness to President Trump and the potential for political interference warrant the appointment” of a special counsel.