Inside Jared Kushner's Diplomatic Double-Dealing in the Middle East
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has been participating in U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East while seeking billions of dollars for his private equity firm from sovereign wealth funds controlled by the same governments involved in those negotiations.
Ethics watchdogs say that overlap — private fundraising from foreign governments while negotiating with them on behalf of the United States — raises questions about federal disclosure rules and potential conflicts of interest.
In February, Kushner participated in U.S.–Iran nuclear talks in Geneva alongside the Trump administration’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi represented Tehran, and Oman mediated the negotiations, which ended without a deal.
Ethics experts say situations like this are precisely what federal disclosure rules are designed to address. When private financial interests intersect with government authority — particularly in dealings with foreign governments — officials are typically required to disclose those interests so potential conflicts can be reviewed.
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