President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been a key negotiator in Middle East peace talks involving Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. But after Vanity Fair reported that Kushner secretly received billions of dollars from those governments, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is demanding answers — and staking out a congressional jurisdiction over the Middle East peace envoy.
In a letter shared first with MS NOW, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland alleged that Kushner drew money “from off-the-books secret slush funds used by the Saudi and Emirati governments” for illicit purposes, such as the bribery of a U.S. official and “funding war crimes.”
“You are currently unfit to serve in any capacity in the United States government, much less in a capacity that involves interaction with Kings, princes and foreign states,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “You cannot possibly serve as U.S. diplomat when at least five foreign governments—the Saudis, the Emiratis, the Israelis, the Russians, and even the Dutch — appear to have damning kompromat on you.”
Raskin is demanding that Kushner fully recuse himself “from negotiating or representing the United States in any capacity” until he produces “relevant financial records regarding your contacts with, and payments by, foreign governments.”
While Judiciary Democrats don’t currently have subpoena power while in the House minority, Raskin is signaling that his committee would investigate Kushner if Democrats take back the House.
Unlike many of Raskin’s other investigatory letters — which he often coauthors with the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. — Raskin wrote this letter alone, a signal that he may be marking Kushner as Judiciary territory.
Raskin has pursued similar inquiries into Kushner this year as well, including one that alleged conflicts of interests stemming from Kushner’s role as an Iran War ceasefire negotiator and another regarding Kushner’s controversial plan to build a luxury resort on Albania’s coast. Raskin noted that his previous inquiries have gone unanswered.
Both the White House and Kushner’s representatives pointed to their previous statements regarding the Vanity Fair article when reached for comment on the letter. Affinity Partners, Kushner’s investment firm, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Vanity Fair article Raskin cited in his letter was an excerpt from an upcoming book by investigative journalist Matthew Cole. The article centers around the claim that Kushner had access to roughly $2 billion in secret funds connected to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates while serving as a senior adviser to Trump.
MS NOW has not independently verified Cole’s reporting, and Kushner has vehemently denied the allegations. Last week, Kushner wrote on X that Cole’s reporting was “completely insane” and that the transactions mentioned in the article “never happened.”
“These are outrageous fabrications being presented as investigative journalism,” Kusher wrote.
Kushner, who is married to Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, served as a senior adviser during Trump’s first administration. Shortly after Trump left office in 2021, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, but he returned to Trump’s current administration as a U.S. peace envoy in 2025. In that role, Kushner has been involved in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Hamas and the U.S. and Iran.
Outside of Cole’s reporting, Kushner’s financial ties to the Middle East are well-documented. Affinity’s largest and earliest investor is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, according to The New York Times. And the fund, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, put in roughly $2 billion. Sovereign wealth funds tied to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also invested.
Affinity’s chief legal officer told MS NOW in April that Kushner had complied “with all applicable laws and requirements and has always operated in the best interests of the United States.”
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