Jared Kushner, on the other hand, is a goniff. A very successful one — so far.
Raskin asks Comer to subpoena Kushner for information on firm’s Saudi ties
Of course, Slippery Jim Comer figured mouthing a few pieties about “crossing the line” should be enough, since IOKIYAR, but Rep. Raskin has seized the moment. Per Rolling Stone:
House Oversight Democrats are calling on committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to use his subpoena power to investigate the foreign business dealings of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — an investigation Comer has been personally stalling for more than a year…
But earlier this month, Comer himself acknowledged that Kushner had “crossed the line of ethics” in his foreign business dealings, a statement Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is looking to capitalize on.
In a Thursday letter to Comer, Raskin requested that he issue a “subpoena to Jared Kushner’s investment firm, A Fin Management LLC (Affinity), to compel the production of documents regarding the extraordinary funding it received from foreign governments — including billions of dollars from sovereign wealth funds controlled by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) — shortly after Mr. Kushner left government service.” Democrats originally sought information from Affinity in June of last year, a request Kushner ignored…
Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the committee, added that the Saudi private investment fund’s own advisors had raised objections about giving Kushner the money, airing concerns about “Affinity’s ‘excessive’ management fees, as well as ‘the inexperience of the Affinity Fund management.’”
Raskin referenced Comer’s fixation on Hunter Biden in his appeal to the chair. “I trust that you will recognize that the Committee cannot claim to be “investigating foreign nationals’ attempts to target and coerce high-ranking U.S. officials’ family members by providing money or other benefits in exchange for certain actions” without examining the former Administration’s plethora of foreign financial entanglements,” he wrote.
In a statement provided to Rolling Stone, a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee called the letter “nothing more than an attempt to distract from the mounting evidence of Joe Biden’s involvement in his family’s influence peddling schemes. If Ranking Member Raskin was truly concerned about ethics in government, then he would join Republicans in our investigation of the Bidens’ blatant corruption.”
To the fainting couches, Repubs! Don’t clutch those pearls so hard, you’ll choke yourselves.
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Jared Kushner needs to be investigated now, and here’s why. (Video: MSNBC) pic.twitter.com/7BWofpiKic
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) September 1, 2023
If you're wondering how Jared Kushner got $2 billion from Saudi Arabia when he left the White House, remember what he was doing in the White House pic.twitter.com/luLUq09FHF
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 1, 2023
Former Senator Claire MacCaskill weighs in on WHY the U.S. Senate is hesitant to investigate Jared Kushner & Steve Mnuchin’s criminal ties to MBS, UAE & Qatar. Why did MBS freely give $2Bill to Jared w/ no experience in fund mgmt. ?? pic.twitter.com/rwTQZbCk11
— Beep?????? (@fiercefreckled) August 23, 2023
Thank you @RepRaskin for renewing your request to @RepJamesComer and The House Oversight Committee on the unholy alliance between #kushner and #MBS. Who gives someone with ZERO experience 2+ Billion dollars to manage? No one without a quid pro quo! #TeamCohen pic.twitter.com/mEAznkdw2H
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) September 1, 2023
War for Ukraine Day 557: President Zelenskyy Is Moving to Replace Minister of Defense Reznikov!
piratedan
I’m sure it was just an honest mistake, MBS thought he was buying a US Supreme Court Justice and all he got was a Corrupt Administration Nepotism hire….. coulda happened to anyone.
Maxim
@piratedan: We haven’t yet had a preznit appoint a family member to the SC, but I’m sure the GOP will get there.
Tony Jay
@Maxim:
“It’s not illegal. Show us where it’s illegal. See? Not illegal. The Democrat wants to make everything political to hide their corruption. Sad.”
lowtechcyclist
Just a nice big bribe in plain sight.
lowtechcyclist
Not that this would surprise any of us in the least, but it’s always good that someone’s documenting the atrocities:
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1698500455502938467
Maxim
@Tony Jay: “The spawn was educated at the best right-wing correspondence law school in Hogtie County. He’ll be an outstanding Justice, and your objections only show that all your laptops were programmed by the Deep State.”
Betty Cracker
Over the weekend, neo-Nazi groups in FL demonstrated outside of Disney World, where they tore up a rainbow flag, and staged a rally in a nearby park. From Rolling Stone:
So, not Star Trek fans!
Also, good lord:
Far-right goons in FL who back rival fascists Trump and DeSantis are battling it out like mangy packs of meth-addled possums tussling over a cantaloupe rind in a dumpster. Loomer is on Team Trump.
Baud
@Betty Cracker:
There’s a hair dresser near Disney World?
lowtechcyclist
@Betty Cracker:
I love it when the lunatics turn on each other.
brantl
@Betty Cracker: If you were to throw a wooden swastika out among them and yell “To the most fascist!”, they’d probably kill each other to the last man, to get it.
lowtechcyclist
@brantl:
Worth a try! ;-)
Jertian
@Baud: There’s a barber shop in the Magic Kingdom, and several hair salons at various Disney hotels.
Betty Cracker
@brantl: That’s a better idea than what initially occurred to me when I saw a clip of those goons shouting at cars from the edge of the road, which is that I’d like to ride by and empty a can of wasp spray into their faces. That would only encourage them, probably, and get me in trouble.
satby
@Betty Cracker: I don’t pay enough attention to crackpots like Loomer to know why the NAZIS would yell “faggot” at her. Isn’t that (still) a slur used for male gays?
Nukular Biskits
Good mornin,’ y’all!
Not that it would do much good, I’m sure, but all of us who have a Republican as a US Rep should be asking them why Kushner shouldn’t receive a little attention from the House Oversight committee, particularly given Comer’s admission.
I’ve already tweeted mine and, given he has announced his first ever townhall meeting to be hold tomorrow afternoon (2 -3:30 pm, knowing most folks will be at work), I plan on asking him in public.
Baud
@Nukular Biskits:
👍
satby
Baud
@satby:
Nukular Biskits
@satby:
I’ve been haranguing my US rep (who won by defeating another Republican, the incumbent, who received the nickname “No-Show”) and both my US senators to hold townhall meetings.
Congress is on break right now and, other than this one, all their “public” appearances have been at closed, invite-only, small venue events (like the Bugtussle Rotary Club) or photo-ops.
What all these events have in common is that attendance and format are tightly controlled and they get to broadcast a rightwing narrative without any pushback, criticism or inconvenient/embarrassing questions as to their policies or stances.
I’m sure that’s a coincidence.
Anne Laurie
I’ve seen (at second hand) right-wing tweets insisting that Loomer ‘must be‘ trans, because ‘not feminine enough‘. I guess wanting to give up one’s precious Male Privilege is… considered gay?
(Doesn’t make sense to me either, but that’s because you & I still have enough functioning brain cells to understand how extremely stupid these Nazi dudes sound.)
Geminid
The “Sultans of the Net” ruled in Brussels yesterday. Turkiye’s women’s volleyball team defeated Serbia’s in the European Volleyball Championship Finals. Volleyball is a big sport in Turkiye, and the victory was greeted in Istananbul by a spectacular fireworks display.
It was a close match, with both teams scoring 140 points over five sets. The Turkish team won the last set 15-13 to claim the title. They were led by Cuban-born Melissa Vargas, who received her citizenship papers two years ago from President Erdogan in person. The 6′ 4″ striker is nicknamed “Vargas Airlines.”
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Geminid
@Anne Laurie: There is a rift among online conservatives between pro- and anti-Trump forces, and that may account for the animus towards Loomer. The anti-Trump group is smaller but very vociferous, and Loomer would be their target because she’s so firmly in the Trump camp.
I sometimes look at Twitter’s anti-Ukraine accounts out of curiosity. That’s how I stumbled onto a clip of Loomer interviewing Georgia State Senator Colton Moore outside the state Capitol (Moore is the one calling for a special legislative session to impeach Fulton County DA Fani Willis). The performative Moore is a slick talker, as befits a guy who won the Georgia auctioneering championship at age 21.
SFAW
@Maxim:
Oh, so close!
Outside of that minor change, an excellent comment. Hell, even without the change.
SFAW
@Betty Cracker:
I hope Mr. Cracker appreciates you (in general) as much as I do for this comment.
satby
@Baud: Well, shes not trans and I couldn’t find any hint in Wiki she’s gay. She claims to be a white nationalist (though she’s Jewish) so the NAZIs are kindred spirits?!?
@Anne Laurie: ok, so they’re assigning her as trans. Weird take for people who insist there’s only two sexes and you are what you were born as. But as you said, these aren’t smart folk.
Mike in NC
Jim Comer comes across as lowlife, redneck Kentucky scum. He’ll probably get McConnell’s Senate seat.
SFAW
@satby:
Designating Loomer as trans is probably their way of making her an un-person.
getsmartin
@Nukular Biskits: Good to know my partner and I aren’t the lone “haranguing” voices calling out our congressional reps (we’re in Long Beach). It seems a total waste of energy, but we soldier on. At least we have a viable alternative to Reeves on the Dem side, which provides one little source of hope.
Geminid
@Mike in NC: At best, Rep.Comer will have just a chance to be Senator if he’s selected by Kentucky Republicans for the 3-person list Governor Beshear chooses from.
Nukular Biskits
@getsmartin:
There’s a number of Democrats on the ballot this November.
Don’t forget Greta Kemp Martin for AG!
Nukular Biskits
@getsmartin:
BTW, nice to know there’s a “Juicer” nearby.
Also, BTW, you know that Mike Ezell is holding that townhall up in Lucedale tomorrow, right?
getsmartin
@Nukular Biskits: That’s bold of him to hold a town hall in that liberal bastion of Lucedale. Although Ezell is hardly an upgrade, it was a joyous occasion to be rid of Palazzo.