The bribery of Donald Trump and his family by Saudi Arabia should concern Patriots. Unknown to most, Saudi Arabia and the US State Department are partnered with Israel in the Genocide in Gaza. Plans have been published by Netanyahu that describe a massive real estate and petroleum development project financed by Saudi Arabia, while turning Palestinians into slave labor in an Israeli-controlled Apartheid State. Negotiations between the US State Department, Israel and Saudi Arabia began as early as 2020.
This is mainly a reference document that I will refer to in other articles, such as more information on the State Department’s role in Israel’s Genocide, and their coordination of negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
This is a timeline of some reportings and pictures of the bribery of the Trump family by Saudi Arabia.
2015.
Letter from House Oversight. (The link says it is now “forbidden” to access).
While running for president, former President Trump bragged about his business ties to Saudi Arabia, stating at a rally in 2015: “I like the Saudis; they are very nice. I make a lot of money with them. They buy all sorts of my stuff—all kinds of toys from Trump. They pay me millions and hundreds of millions.” At another rally, he added, “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million.”2
March 14, 2017.
Royal Family around the World: U.S. President Donald Trump Has Lunch With Saudi Deputy Crown Prince And Defense Minister n the Oval Office at the White House, March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC.
April 06, 2017.
Background: the New York Times’ reported on Kushner’s meetings with Russian officials and his subsequent omission of those meetings from the OPM form on Thursday, April 6, 2017.
The form in question was OPM’s SF-86, “Questionnaire for National Security Positions.” Instructions on page two of that form note the following:
“The U.S. Criminal Code (title 18, section 1001) provides that knowingly falsifying or concealing a material fact is a felony which may result in fines and/or up to five (5) years imprisonment. In addition, Federal agencies generally fire, do not grant a security clearance, or disqualify individuals who have materially and deliberately falsified these forms, and this remains a part of the permanent record for future placements. Your prospects of placement or security clearance are better if you answer all questions truthfully and completely. You will have adequate opportunity to explain any information you provide on this form and to make your comments part of the record.”
April 13, 2017.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – A group of House Democrats, including Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), today wrote to the FBI and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) requesting that they suspend White House Senior Advisor and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s security clearance, citing his admission that he “omitted” required details about meetings with foreign officials from an FBI questionnaire.
May 20, 2017.
New York Post: Trump receives Saudi’s highest civilian honor
President Donald Trump is receiving the nation’s highest civilian honor from Saudi King Salman.
The king placed the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud around Trump’s neck at a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh.
The host of the event declared that Trump was being honored for “his quest to enhance security and stability in the region and around the world.”
The honor has also been bestowed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.
May 20, 2017.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrive at Saudi Royal Court.
Seattle Times: How Saudi Arabia got Trump’s ear by courting his son-in-law Kushner
May 20, 2017.
NY Post: Jared Kushner gets $2B Saudi investment, drawing Hunter Biden comparisons
May 21, 2017.
NY Post: Jared Kushner gets $2B Saudi investment, drawing Hunter Biden comparisons.
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman escorts Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at the Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017
NBC: U.S.-Saudi Arabia Sign More Than $110B Arms Deal Amid Trump Visit
On the first stop of his inaugural foreign trip, President Donald Trump signed his name Saturday to a nearly $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia effective immediately — plus another $350 billion over the next 10 years.
GE, the U.S. technology and engineering giant, also said Saturday it had signed $15 billion worth of business deals with Saudi Arabia.
Mint Press: SAUDI ARABIA, UAE PLEDGE $100M DONATION TO IVANKA TRUMP’S CHARITY
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged to donate a combined $100 million to an Ivanka Trump cause.
The middle eastern nations are set to contribute to a World Bank fund for women entrepreneurs, which was the brainchild of Ivanka Trump.
The announcement was made by World Bank President Jim Young Kim during a visit to Saudi Arabia by U.S. President Donald Trump; his wife, Melania; daughter, Ivanka and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. “We thought it was a fantastic idea,” Kim said. “But we had no idea how quickly this would build. This is really a stunning achievement. I’ve never seen anything come together so quickly, and I really have to say that Ivanka’s leadership has been tremendous.”
Kim added that the donation will help to jump start a $1-billion women’s empowerment fund that the World Bank will announce in July.
June 2017.
The Africa Report: Saudi Arabia: How MBS deposed his cousin Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince. Mohammed bin Salman, (MBS) then newly appointed as crown prince, left, kisses the hand of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef at a royal palace in Mecca, Saudi Arabia June 2017. (Al-Ekhbariya via AP, File)
June 2017.
The Intercept: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE BOASTED THAT JARED KUSHNER WAS “IN HIS POCKET” In June, Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman ousted his cousin, then-Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and took his place as next in line to the throne, upending the established line of succession. In the months that followed, the President’s Daily Brief contained information on Saudi Arabia’s evolving political situation, including a handful of names of royal family members opposed to the crown prince’s power grab, according to the former White House official and two U.S. government officials with knowledge of the report.
October 29, 2017.
Politico: Kushner took unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner returned home Saturday from an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia — his third trip to the country this year. …
The White House official would not say who Kushner met with in Saudi Arabia.
March 20, 2018. Intercept. JARED KUSHNER FLAUNTED HIS INFLUENCE WITH SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIA IN PITCH TO INVESTORS
Then-White House senior adviser Jared Kushner stands among Saudi officials as then-President Donald Trump talks with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on March 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
April 04, 2018. Saudi Crown Prince meets Disney CEO, discusses entertainment opportunities
Saudi Crown Prince meets Disney CEO, discusses entertainment opportunities. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz on Tuesday met Walt Disney CEO Robert Bob Allen Iger in Los Angeles.
During the meeting, they reviewed opportunities for cooperation in the fields of entertainment, culture and film-making.
They reviewed the opportunities offered by the Saudi Arabia in terms of infrastructure, high demand for the services and products offered by Walt Disney, and opportunities to attract them to the kingdom.
The meeting was attended by Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Khalid bin Salman and members of the Crown Prince’s official delegation.
October 02, 2018.
NSA: White House Knew Jamal Khashoggi Was In Danger. Why Didn’t They Protect Him?
As reported by the Washington Post last night, “US intelligence intercepted communications of Saudi officials discussing a plan to capture” Khashoggi, adding:
The Saudis wanted to lure Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia and lay hands on him there, this person said. It was not clear whether the Saudis intended to arrest and interrogate Khashoggi or to kill him, or if the United States warned Khashoggi that he was a target.
I can confirm that the National Security Agency, America’s big ear, indeed intercepted Saudi communications that indicated Riyadh had something unpleasant in store for Khashoggi. Listening in on foreign governments, after all, is NSA’s main job, and that includes frenemies like Saudi Arabia as well as hostile regimes. At least a day before Khashoggi appeared at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, an NSA official told me, the agency had Top Secret information that Riyadh was planning something nefarious—though exactly what was not clear from the intercepts.
October 2, 2018.
DNI.
Text:
We assess that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We base this assessment on the Crown Prince's control of decisionmaking in the Kingdom since 2017, the direct involvement of a key adviser and members of Muhammad bin Salman's protective detail in the operation, and the Crown Prince's support for using violent measures to silence dissidents abroad, including Khashoggi. Since 2017, the Crown Prince has had absolute control of the Kingdom's security and intelligence organizations, making it highly unlikely that Saudi officials would have carried out an operation of this nature without the Crown Prince's authorization. • - At the time of the Khashoggi murder, the Crown Prince probably fostered an environment in which aides were afraid that failure to complete assigned tasks might result in him firing or arresting them. This suggests that the aides were unlikely to question Muhammad bin Salman's orders or undertake sensitive actions without his consent. • - The IS-member Saudi team that arrived in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 included officials who worked for, or were associated with, the Saudi Center for Studies and Media Affairs (CSMARC) at the Royal Court. At the time of the operation, CSMARC was led by Saud al-Qahtani, a close adviser of Muhammad bin Salman, who claimed publicly in mid2018 that he did not make decisions without the Crown Prince's approval. • - The team also included seven members of Muhammad bin Salman's elite personal protective detail, known as the Rapid Intervention Force (RIF). The RIF-a subset of the Saudi Royal Guard-exists to defend the Crown Prince, answers only to him, and had directly participated in earlier dissident suppression operations in the Kingdom and abroad at the Crown Prince's direction. We judge that members of the RIF would not have participated in the operation against Khashoggi without Muhammad bin Salman's approval. • - The Crown Prince viewed Khashoggi as a threat to the Kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence him. Although Saudi officials had pre-planned an unspecified operation against Khashoggi we do not know how far in advance Saudi officials decided to harm him.
October 08, 2018.
New York Times: Saudis May Blame Intelligence Official for Killing Jamal Khashoggi
A Saudi official says this is the man who organized the operation that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “The agreement that we have with our friends in Washington, that we will continue to work together for the stability of the region.” His name is Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Assiri. He’s a top Saudi intelligence official and is close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “We are friends with all the countries, we never have dispute. And if we have one, we resolve it through the dialogue, through the international law.”
Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East adviser, has been urging the president to stand by the prince, according to a person close to the White House and a former official with knowledge of the discussions.
Mr. Kushner has argued that the crown prince can survive the outrage just as he has weathered past criticism.
October 16, 2018.
Trump defends MBS in interview with AP: Trump tells AP he won’t accept blame if GOP loses House
“I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump said. “Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent. I don’t like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way as far as I’m concerned.”
June 29, 2019.
NY Post: Jared Kushner gets $2B Saudi investment, drawing Hunter Biden comparisons.
Jared Kushner is seen as then-President Donald Trump holds a working breakfast meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.
September 01, 2020. Jared Kushner visits Saudi Arabia.
NY Post: Jared Kushner gets $2B Saudi investment, drawing Hunter Biden comparisons.
Former first son-in-law Jared Kushner received a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — with expected annual management fees of $25 million — according to a new report, drawing comparisons to first son Hunter Biden’s overseas business ventures.
Kushner’s firm Affinity Partners made the deal shortly after President Donald Trump left office, despite a Saudi Public Investment Fund review panel’s concerns about “inexperience” and a due diligence review that was “unsatisfactory in all aspects,” according to minutes of a June meeting reported by the New York Times.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman leads the fund’s board, which overruled the skeptics. A letter written by fund staff to a board member who dissented cited “aims to form a strategic relationship with the Affinity Partners Fund and its founder, Jared Kushner” in going ahead with the deal, according to the report.
Kushner worked as a top Trump White House aide and built a relationship with the crown prince while in office — including while working on the Abraham Accords that led to four Arab states establishing diplomatic relations with Israel.
Jared Kushner meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 1, 2020.
November 11, 2020.
Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for secret talks: minister
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday for talks with senior officials, a government minister has confirmed.
Education Minister Yoav Gallant called the visit "an amazing achievement" after Israeli media reported that Netanyahu had met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Neom, where the crown prince was meeting with Pompeo.
"The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance," Gallant, a member of the prime minister's Cabinet, said in an interview with Israeli army radio on Monday.
The alarming possibility of a military attack on Iran — a nation that has long been in the sights of war hawks in the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel — was immediately invoked by foreign policy analysts Monday following reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in secret late Sunday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
November 30, 2020.
Jared Kushner heading to Saudi Arabia, Qatar as regional tensions rise
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist.
January 21, 2021.
On January 21, 2021, the day after the Trump Administration ended, Mr. Kushner incorporated Affinity in the state of Delaware. Six months later, Affinity secured a $2 billion investment—the majority of its assets under management—from the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF)—the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. PIF is led by the Crown Prince, with whom Mr. Kushner developed a very close relationship while a senior adviser to former President Trump. Affinity’s public filings indicate that PIF’s investment will generate $25 million in annual asset management fees for Affinity, in addition to a share of any profits made—representing a substantial windfall for Mr. Kushner, Affinity’s sole owner.
February 11, 2021.
DNI: Assessing the Saudi Government's Role in the Killing of Jamal K.hashoggi
June 30, 2021. Jared Kushner's PE firm secured $2 billion from Saudi Arabia despite objections he was too inexperienced to manage the money, report says
However, citing an internal document dated June 30, The Times reported that an internal PIF panel tasked with assessing the feasibility of investment was reluctant to support Kushner's fund, citing his lack of experience.
July 2021. New York Times: Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts
Six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal. The Saudi fund agreed to invest twice as much and on more generous terms with Mr. Kushner than it did at about the same time with former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — who was also starting a new fund — even though Mr. Mnuchin had a record as a successful investor before entering government, the documents show. The amount of the investment in his firm, Liberty Strategic Capital — $1 billion — has not been previously disclosed.
May 12, 2022. Golf Channel: Greg Norman on Jamal Khashoggi murder: 'We all make mistakes'
“This whole thing about Saudi Arabia and Khashoggi and human rights – talk about it, but also talk about the good that the country is doing in changing its culture,” Norman told reporters. “Look, we’ve all made mistakes, and you just want to learn from those mistakes and how you can correct them going forward.”
Norman, the CEO and commissioner of the rival tour, said that he has never met Bin Salman but claimed this week that he doesn’t “answer to MBS,” despite the league being funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Just this week, LIV Golf announced $2 billion of additional funding.
June 2, 2022. Rolling Stone: Jared Kushner Now Under Congressional Investigation for Landing Sketchy Saudi Investment
A $2 billion investment by a Saudi Arabian wealth fund in Jared Kushner’s private equity firm is the subject of an investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, according to a letter the committee sent to former President Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser. The New York Times reported the investigation on Thursday.
In a letter requesting documents, committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) writes to Kushner that the government wants to know “whether your personal financial interests improperly influenced U.S. foreign policy” during the Trump administration. The letter requests that Kushner turn over any communications he had with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who controls the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF).
“Your close relationship with Crown Prince bin Salman, your pro-Saudi positions during the Trump Administration, and PIF’s decision to fund the lion’s share of your new business venture — only six months after the end of your White House tenure — create the appearance of a quid pro quo for your foreign policy work during the Trump Administration,” the letter states.
The substantial Saudi investment into Affinity Partners, Kushner’s firm, has led to concerns from ethics experts. The firm’s parent company was incorporated on the first full day after Trump left office, Maloney notes in the letter. She also cites reports indicating that “PIF’s investment committee expressed significant concerns about the ‘inexperience of the Affinity Fund management’ and about your own limited experience in private equity.”
The Times reported last month that in the final weeks of the Trump administration, Kushner and former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin sought Middle East funding for what seemed to be the Abraham Fund, a result of a 2020 peace agreement between the U.S., Israel and the UAE. However, according to the report, the money they raised ended up going to their own firms.
June 2, 2022. Letter from House Oversight.
July 28, 2022.
Did Donald Trump provide Classified Information to Saudi Arabia on 9/11?
Saudi Arabia went out of their way to choose a logo that was designed to mock what remained of some steel I-beams at Ground Zero of the World Trade Centers.
Donald Trump was asked about why he was hosting the Saudi Arabian golf tournament.
Question: "Can you help me appreciate you decision to host this event?"
Trump: "Well, I've known these people for a long time, Saudi Arabia. They've been friends of mine for a long time. And they've invested in many American companies. They own big percentages of many, many American companies, and frankly what they're doing for golf is so great."
Question: "You or all people understand the passion of 9/11. What do you say to those families who... protest?
Trump: "Well, nobody's gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately, and they should have. As to the maniacs that did that horrible thing to our city, to our country, to the world, so nobody's really been there, but I can tell you that there are a lot of really great people that are out here today, and we're gonna have a lot of fun."
February 23, 2023. House Oversight Democrats: Ranking Member Raskin Seeks Jared Kushner’s Full Compliance with Committee’s Investigation of Saudi Government’s $2 Billion Investment
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 15, 2023)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, sent a letter to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former President Trump and former senior White House advisor, renewing Committee Democrats’ requests for documents related to his investment firm, A Fin Management, LLC (Affinity), which raised $2 billion from the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The letter follows recent reports on the nature of the Saudi investment in Kushner’s fund in light of his role in shaping Middle East policy during the Trump Administration. Ranking Member Raskin seeks to fully understand whether the investment was tied to Mr. Kushner’s pro-Saudi policies while in office.
“Your efforts to protect the Crown Prince may have allowed him to maintain his position at the top of the Saudi government and, thus, his ability to deliver significant financial benefits to you and your father-in-law after the end of the Trump Administration. Abdullah Alaoudh, the director for the Gulf at Democracy for the Arab World Now, has stated that ‘[w]ithout the absolute protection of Trump and Kushner, MBS would definitely have fallen.’ President Trump expressed an explicit awareness of the Crown Prince’s debt: when Secretary Pompeo embarked on a state visit to the Middle East to visit the Crown Prince, he wrote that President Trump told him ‘My Mike, go and have a good time. Tell him he owes us,’” wrote Ranking Member Raskin.
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Can you help me understand, Charles, how the alliance between Saudi Arabia and Israel(which I have long suspected, questioned, and marveled at) Supersedes the Religious Gap? Thank You