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DonViejo

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Thu Jul 6, 2017, 11:34 AM Jul 2017

Ethics Watchdog Files Complaint About Kushner's Stake In Real Estate Startup

Source: Talking Points Memo




By ESME CRIBB Published JULY 6, 2017 10:25 AM

The liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Thursday filed a complaint against senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, for not disclosing his ownership interest in a real estate startup.

CREW asked the Office of Government Ethics to investigate Kushner’s failure to disclose “his ownership interest in an online real estate investment company called Cadre” in his public financial disclosure.

“He likely failed to disclose his ownership interest in documents connected with his request for a certificate of divestiture, meaning OGE apparently had incomplete information when it granted Kushner permission to sell similar assets and avoid paying certain taxes on them,” the watchdog group said in a release. “These cannot be written off as minor oversights, as Cadre reportedly has a value of $800 million.” CREW executive director Noah Bookbinder said Kushner’s ownership interest was “not something he could easily overlook.”

“Kushner’s failure to disclose his ownership in Cadre is very troubling,” Bookbinder said. “OGE should investigate immediately and determine whether any sanction or referral is appropriate for Kushner’s potential disclosure violations and whether it is necessary for him to fully divest from Cadre.”



Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ethics-watchdog-files-complaint-kushner-financial-disclosure

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Always good news to hear of their efforts Roy Rolling Jul 2017 #1

Roy Rolling

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1. Always good news to hear of their efforts
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 11:50 AM
Jul 2017

The legal fight is encouraging but I see little of the resolution of these complaints. Is there a response or does it just go into the black hole of illegalities the government sucks in and is never seen again?

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