[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4414-H4415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           KUSHNER-SAUDI DEAL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California (Mr.  Robert Garcia) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California. Madam Speaker, just last week on the 
House floor, I called this body to investigate the clear corruption and 
grift of Jared Kushner.


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  On September 20, 2023, page H4414, in the third column, the 
following appeared: Mr GARCIA of California Madam Speaker, just 
last week on the House
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Mr. ROBERT GARCIA 
of California. Madam Speaker, just last week on the House


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  The American people deserve answers. Why did Jared Kushner receive $2 
billion, with a b, from the Saudi Government just 2 months after 
leaving the White House?
  Here are the facts.
  First, we know that Donald Trump's son-in-law was unqualified to work 
in the White House, but Jared was placed at the heart of government 
overseeing Middle East policy.
  Kushner personally intervened to secure a $110 billion arms deal with 
Saudi Arabia. He supported the Saudis through the brutal war in Yemen 
even after they murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist, who we all know 
was an American resident.
  The Saudi Crown Prince, shown here with Jared and Ivanka, reportedly 
bragged to other heads of state that

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Kushner was ``in his pocket.'' Jared delivered for the Saudis over and 
over.
  We now know today that when Jared left the White House just 2 months 
later, the Saudi Royal Family gave $2 billion to the Kushner hedge 
fund, and Jared pockets another $25 million per year in fees directly 
from the Saudi's.
  Now advisers to the Crown Prince said publicly that this made 
absolutely no financial sense, and they pushed back, but the Saudi 
Crown Prince went forward, and Jared Kushner is receiving that enormous 
benefit to this day.
  Madam Speaker, I have been calling out the Trump and Kushner crime 
family for months, and we should not stop speaking out until we get the 
investigation that we deserve. Americans need to trust that White House 
officials are looking out for our national interest.
  The Kushner-Saudi deal is the biggest corruption scandal right now in 
American politics. We need subpoenas, investigations, and reforms so 
that this type of grift never happens again.

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