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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
Blue Owl
(50,425 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)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.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)Kush was obviously doing a private business tour on the taxpayer dime.
MyOwnPeace
(16,928 posts)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)like most of trumps.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
Definitely not this way.
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