Jared Kushner Lashes Out at the New Yorker Over Explosive Report About Businesses By Dropping Receipts in Lengthy ‘Fact Check’

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Jared Kushner published his own “fact check” of a New Yorker deep-dive profile on his businesses and he accused the outlet of “questionable journalistic practices” and pushing “false claims.”

“When a lengthy article appears in a publication with a distinguished name and a long history, readers often assume that it’s accurate and true. I used to make that assumption too. Increasingly, I think it is a dangerous one,” Kushner wrote on X on Thursday.

He claimed the profile of him included “many false claims and misperceptions” and pushed a “preferred narrative” that his private business dealings are tied to his work as a negotiator with the administration.

According to the New Yorker piece, Kushner was simultaneously “raising another five billion dollars” from the Middle East for his investment firm, Affinity Partners, while also engaging in talks with Iran.

“The article revisits several familiar accusations that have surfaced over the years, which are false and contradicted by the record. Many of these claims were answered years ago. Others rely on anonymous sources offering accounts of conversations that I know never happened. And in most instances, information we provided during The New Yorker’s storied fact checking process somehow failed to correct their preferred narrative,” Kushner wrote.

He also accused the outlet of “questionable journalistic practices” over their use of anonymous sources.

“The article also relied on questionable journalistic practices. It repeatedly granted anonymity, not to reveal otherwise unobtainable facts of public importance, but to allow unnamed sources to make personal attacks and wisecracks without accountability,” Kushner wrote.

He linked to a “fact check” that he said he will be updating going forward when necessary.

The lengthy “fact check” includes more than a dozen points from the article that Kushner disputes.

The first point pointed to the article saying, “Earlier this year, as Kushner engaged in talks with Iran, he was also discreetly raising another five billion dollars for Affinity in the Middle East.”

Kushner wrote in response:

I have raised no additional funds for Affinity Partners since President Trump was elected to his second term.

Once a certain percentage of a fund’s initial capital has been committed, it is standard practice to consider a potential future vehicle. The instant the actions in Iran began and I was asked to extend my volunteer role, I ended all conversations about additional fundraising.

He added, “I also told The New Yorker during its fact-checking process that no additional capital had been raised. That distinction matters. Preliminary conversations about a possible future fund are not the same thing as raising a fund, yet the article stated that I was “discreetly raising another five billion dollars” while engaged in talks with Iran. That sentence was beyond misleading.”

Kushner also pushed back on the accusation that he has “conflicts of interest” because of his business dealings in the Middle East.

“I have never taken a diplomatic action to benefit Affinity, myself, or any investor,” he wrote. “This accusation has been mentioned since I first served in government in 2017, but over the past decade, no one has identified a single American position I changed, government favor I sought, or diplomatic decision I made in order to benefit myself, Affinity, or one of its investors.”

Check Kushner’s “fact check” and receipts here.

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