Kushner Team Moves to Sue Over Book

Jared Kushner’s legal team plans to file a lawsuit against journalist Matthew Cole over allegations that Kushner controlled more than $2 billion in secret accounts funded by Middle Eastern governments. The claims appear in an upcoming book titled 'Princes and Thieves,' which details alleged financial flows from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates during Kushner’s time as a senior White House adviser.

An excerpt published in Vanity Fair on Thursday outlines the core of the financial argument. The text asserts that leaders in the region deposited at least $2 billion into several bank accounts tied to Kushner. One of these accounts reportedly sat at Israel’s Central Bank. The book describes the owners and managers of these accounts as official government bodies or charities, but labels the money as 'slush funds' intended for off-the-books diplomatic objectives.

The excerpt specifically cites a source with knowledge of the funds who said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman placed roughly $1 billion in at least one account. The source indicated that the allocation was for Kushner’s personal benefit. The text also claims the money was meant to buy influence within the U.S. government.

Separate from the financial claims, the book alleges that Dutch intelligence agents gained access to Kushner’s iPhone in 2017. The account states that Dutch spies, having turned a Russian agent, discovered Russia had hacked the device. The text says the Dutch service could see Kushner’s screen and capture every image he viewed. It further claims the agents watched him log into a UAE account that had received hundreds of millions of dollars from an Azerbaijani bank.

Kushner rejected the narrative in a statement released Thursday night. He called the allegations 'completely insane' and stated that his legal team denied every claim on the record. Kushner noted that the author provided no bank statements, wire transfer records, account numbers, or transaction dates. He described the evidence as nonexistent.

Kushner’s attorney labeled the claims 'false and defamatory' and confirmed plans to pursue legal action against those responsible. The statement did not specify which parties would be named in the suit. The legal team is preparing to challenge the book’s assertions in court.

White House director of communications Steven Cheung weighed in on social media, calling the source material 'complete fiction.' He described the author as a 'failed spy thriller writer' and said the book presents no documentation. Cheung argued the text relies solely on mysterious words from unnamed sources.