It’s increasingly looking like the weak legal link to Trump is his son-in-law Kushner and what some people think are shady business deals by him and his family.
It was revealed today that loans to the Kushners are under investigation:
White House attorneys are assessing whether White House senior adviser Jared Kushner ran afoul of federal ethics regulations by meeting with executives from two companies that loaned millions of dollars to his family’s business.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) had previously raised concerns to the Office of Government Ethics following reports that Kushner met with executives from Apollo Global Management and Citigroup shortly before each company loaned the Kushner Cos. millions of dollars.
Apollo loaned $184 million to the Kushner Cos., while Citigroup loaned $325 million to the business, which is run by Kushner’s family.
David Apol, acting director of the Office of Government Ethics, said in a letter obtained by The Wall Street Journal that he spoke with the White House Counsel’s Office about Krishnamoorthi’s concerns.
“I have discussed this matter with the White House Counsel’s Office in order to ensure that they have begun the process of ascertaining the facts necessary to determine whether any law or regulation has been violated and whether any additional procedures are necessary to avoid violations in the future,” Apol wrote.
This is really interesting because it’s not coming out of Mueller by out of the Office of Government Ethics. There was an interesting report that said Trump was looking to ditch Kushner and Ivanka (!) from his administration – maybe this is a step in that direction…