Jared Kushner’s Lawyer Puts Vanity Fair ‘On Notice’ After Bombshell Report: ‘False and Defamatory Allegations’

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Jared Kushner’s lawyer announced they have formally put Vanity Fair “on notice” over a report they say contains “false and defamatory allegations.”

Chad Mizelle, the lawyer for Kushner, took to X on Saturday and claimed that Vanity Fair has refused “repeated requests” to produce “a single bank statement, wire transfer record, account number, or other verifiable evidence supporting these extraordinary accusations.”

At issue is a report claiming that Kushner’s phone was hacked by Russian security services, revealing secret bank accounts and $700 million in foreign transactions. Kushner was allegedly a signatory on an account set up by the Saudis and Emiratis, according to the report.

The allegations are from a book excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East, by Matthew Cole, a former Intercept reporter.

Kushner previously called the allegations false and “completely insane.” President Donald Trump, Kushner’s father-in-law, also slammed the excerpt as false.

Mizelle wrote on X:

We formally put Vanity Fair and Condé Nast on notice regarding the false and defamatory allegations published about our client, Jared Kushner.

Serious questions are now being raised about the credibility of this reporting, including by independent journalists.

Despite repeated requests, the author has failed to produce a single bank statement, wire transfer record, account number, or other verifiable evidence supporting these extraordinary accusations.

We have seen no indication that Vanity Fair conducted any independent verification of these claims before publishing them.

We call on Vanity Fair to clarify publicly whether it independently verified these allegations and, if so, what evidence supports them. Or did it simply republish the author’s claims without conducting its own fact-checking?

We have demanded that Vanity Fair remove the article and preserve all records relating to its reporting, fact-checking, editorial review, and publication.

Mizelle included a letter sent to Vanity Fair about their story.

Some beyond the administration have questioned the allegations as well.

Axios’s Barak Ravid noted that “There are many things in this book excerpt that was published in Vanity Fair that don’t add up.” The Jerusalem Post also removed its report on the story Friday morning, claiming it found “significant factual questions” about the allegations.

Condé Nast, which owns Vanity Fair, did not immediately respond to Mediaite’s request for comment.

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