Kushner Phone Hacked, Exposed Alleged $2B Foreign Money Web
Exclusive claims allege Russian hackers accessed Kushner’s phone, revealing a $2 billion financial network linked to UAE and Saudi leaders.
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A Vanity Fair excerpt from an upcoming book claims Russian military intelligence hacked former Trump White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s phone, exposing a purported $2 billion foreign money web linked to Middle Eastern leaders. The article, published Thursday, is an exclusive excerpt from a book written by Matthew Cole entitled “Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East.”
Phone Hacked, Screenshots Shared
According to the article, Russian military intelligence was able to hack Kushner’s phone sometime between 2017 and 2018. Dutch intelligence arranged for British authorities to apprehend a Russian military intelligence operative and offered him the choice of cooperating against the Russians or facing arrest. The operative gave the Dutch access to a Russian intelligence server containing screenshots of Kushner’s iPhone. Dutch intelligence later developed its own method of monitoring Kushner’s screen as he used his phone.
.@VanityFair posted an excerpt from a book containing outrageous and categorically false allegations. The allegations made by this author are completely insane and never happened. We denied every one of these claims on the record, yet the author failed to provide a single shred of evidence to substantiate any of them. No bank statements, wire transfer records, account numbers, transaction dates, or other verifiable details were provided to support these extraordinary accusations. During the period in question, I was one of the most scrutinized people in the world, subjected to intense media coverage, multiple congressional investigations, and a special counsel investigation. I voluntarily cooperated with these investigations, providing over 30 hours of testimony. None of these allegations ever surfaced, because none of these events ever happened. These are outrageous fabrications being presented as investigative journalism. This is not journalism. It is a mixture of fantasy, fiction, and advocacy, written by someone who is either deeply disturbed or acting with sinister intent.
Alleged Bank Accounts and Money Transfers
Cole alleged that Kushner had access to “Alpha” and “Beta” bank accounts connected to leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. The Alpha account was allegedly held at the UAE’s largest bank and overseen by the bank’s chairman, the brother of Mohamed bin Zayed (MBZ), the president of the UAE. $750 million was transferred into the Alpha account, which Kushner and MBZ would oversee and partially manage as part of an effort to strike a deal to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Jared was looking for shortcuts in his diplomacy,” a source who had spoken with both UAE and Israeli officials about the account reportedly told Cole, adding that this style was typical of Emirati and Saudi leaders. “Jared promised MBZ that he’d push their agenda with Trump if they participated in a fund. He wanted normalization with Israel so that business could take off.”
Legal and Financial Claims
Dutch intelligence traced the funds to an Azerbaijani government-linked bank account that sent hundreds of millions of dollars to a Dubai account, according to Cole. “Regardless of whether he was a signatory or the owner, Jared was required by federal government regulations and the Internal Revenue Service to disclose his access to the account,” Cole wrote. “Unless disclosed to and approved by the US government and reported on his tax returns, Kushner’s access to the Alpha account may have violated US law.”
By spring 2018, the Beta account had moved about $1 billion to Israel through Azerbaijan for Kushner, Cole wrote, alleging that someone who knew about the money told him it was for Kushner’s personal benefit. One source reportedly told Cole that the money had been transferred in “significant amounts” to individuals including a warlord, a mercenary and a former hit man.
Kushner Denies Allegations
Kushner rejected these accusations, calling Cole’s claims “completely insane, categorically false, and never happened.” Kushner said he has denied each claim and said the author has failed to present any substantial evidence, including bank statements, wire transfer records, account numbers, transaction dates, or other verifiable details.
Kushner added he was “one of the most scrutinized people in the world” during the time of the alleged accounts, noting that despite media coverage, congressional investigations and a special counsel investigation, none of these allegations have ever surfaced. “These are outrageous fabrications being presented as investigative journalism,” Kushner said. “This is not journalism. It is a mixture of fantasy, fiction, and advocacy, written by someone who is either deeply disturbed or acting with sinister intent.”
Kushner’s legal counsel, Chad Mizelle, took it further, saying that they intend to pursue legal action against groups publishing such “categorically false and defamatory allegations.” In an official statement, Mizelle said the book’s central allegation is false, as “there are no bank accounts.” Mizelle continued, saying no evidence has been produced that his client’s phone was ever hacked, and noted that the Jerusalem Post took down its reporting on Cole’s claims after identifying “significant factual questions about the alleged financial transactions.”
Source: Daily Caller
