kushner for president trump piece sudden endorsement of a blockade against qatar by more than half a dozen countries led by saudi arabia. kushner was also instrumental, according to ward, in selecting saudi arabia as the president s first foreign trip. it was not until later that we learned kushner s family company had courted qatari investment in 666 fifth avenue, an investment the country finally did make. and as the president toured the middle east, more about the kushner s cozy relationship with crowned prince mohammad bin salman was revealed. then there was the white house visitor log. this to me is the most important. in april 2017, the white house announced it would no longer publish logs of who was coming into the white house and why the visitors were there. at the time, the white house cited national security risks. but according to ward s interviews, then white house chief of staff, rines priebus
gray area where they go around the world and it s not clear, do they represent their business or do they represent the government? that s how we got here, to where we are. and in fact, jared and ivanka s financial disclosures, and you know, these are tough to look at, because they re broad categories, but they indicate rising value in their assets from at least $140 million in 2017 to at least $180 million in 2018. again, it s hard to know where that increase in assets is coming from, but there are people who take the view that they re enriching themselves personally over their ties to the white house. well, that that is clear. their businesses are doing well while they are taking a break from actually being active investors, but their funds are making money while they have these positions and they re having access to these meetings, especially with chinese officials and saudi officials who are potential investors in kushner companies, have an
welcome back to velshi & ruhle. a new book looks into the potential conflicts of interest of white house senior advisers and of course family members of president trump, jared kushner and ivanka trump. and the author tells nbc jared and ivanka are, quote, perhaps more dangerous than the president. according to her, journalist vickie ward recounts kushner hosting chinese government officials at his 666 fifth avenue tower as the administration was trying to woo chinese leadership. around the same time, news broke that kushner had dined with an executive from china s en banc, who was looking to invest in the tower, and remember, that tower was bleeding money. on the middle east, ward described then secretary of state rex tillerson blaming
say it he would arrange it and it was not arranged. at the time kushner and his wife are keeping their heads down, both laying low focusing on their work unfazed by the scrutiny. the administration claims ivanka trump is not involved with the war room currently being set up even though she was seen at the white house with the president s personal attorney. cnn learned jared and ivanka will continue to evaluate if they plan to remain in d.c. let s talk politics with the deputy online editor of the weekly standard. good morning to you. hey, guys. the latest is the reporting that it was the kremlin s idea. what do you make of all of this, john mccain certainly going on record saying he does not like this, the optics aren t great. what s the bottom line with the kushner back channel request? sure. there s a lot of political haze
york times. cnn reported that kushner met with sergey kislyak. kushner was told to meet with serg sergey gorkov. curb her tried to set up a secret back channel with the russians by blaming the russians claiming it was their idea. the source tells gloria borger if the russian military could talk to michael flynn about syria. the course says kushner did not say he would arrange it and it was never arranged. except kushner and his wife ivanka to keep their heads down. both are laying low focusing on their work unfazed by the scrutiny. the administration claims ivanka trump is not involved with this war room we re hearing about even though she was seen at the white house with the president s personal attorney. they certainly have a long