Kushner Defends $2B Investment By Saudis, Says Won’t Join A Trump Administration

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former advisor, has defended a $2-billion investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, denying that there was any conflict of interest or that the receipt of the investment was unethical.  Kusher’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, received $2 billion in investment from Saudi Arabia shortly after he left the White House.  Critics have condemned the deal as unethical and a conflict of interest due to the fact that Kushner was working closely with the Saudis on…