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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,034 posts)
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 08:12 PM Mar 2021

Jared Kushner leaves taxpayers with $24K hotel bill after earning millions in the White House

Former President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner left taxpayers with a hotel bill for more than $24,000 on his way out of the White House, according to a new federal filing.

The expense filing, first reported by The Daily Beast, shows a State Department expenditure labeled "KUSHNER VISIT DEC 2020" for $24,335 stemming from Kushner's trip to Israel to tout the administration's accomplishments four weeks before Trump left office.

Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who last month pleaded not guilty to three corruption charges, and visited the U.S. embassy that Trump had relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Shortly after the trip, Kushner Companies sought to raise more than $100 million in Israel.

During the visit, Kushner touted Trump's controversial embassy relocation for leading to an "explosion of peace" in the Middle East, even though the decision has been widely condemned by Arab countries, as was Kushner's failed attempt at a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jared-kushner-leaves-taxpayers-with-dollar24k-hotel-bill-after-earning-millions-in-the-white-house/ar-BB1eE5qc?li=BBnb7Kz

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Jared Kushner leaves taxpayers with $24K hotel bill after earning millions in the White House (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP
What a piece of fucking shit Blue Owl Mar 2021 #1
As much as I despise Kush, and would like to punch him in face, I suspect there will be large hotel Hoyt Mar 2021 #2
Difference is.... OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #4
I'm thinking the point of contention here is MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #5
President's are still in office until in inauguration, as are staff UNLESS they resigned Hoyt Mar 2021 #6
Jared: How do you think I got so rich? TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #3
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. As much as I despise Kush, and would like to punch him in face, I suspect there will be large hotel
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 08:18 PM
Mar 2021

bills for people acting on behalf of the current Admin in countries like Israel, UK, Germany, etc.

They aren't going to stay in a Motel 6, Backpacking Hostel, AirBnB, etc.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
5. I'm thinking the point of contention here is
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 08:25 PM
Mar 2021

he did it all AFTER IQ45 had already lost - he's making the trip as a "lame duckling" and sucking the treasury just one more time before he has to do it all on his own.
As for what happens from this point forward - that's the 'cost of doing business.'

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. President's are still in office until in inauguration, as are staff UNLESS they resigned
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 08:44 PM
Mar 2021

like most of trump’s.

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