BUSTED: Even Jared Kushner's uncle is using Trump to hawk real estate to Chinese investors

[highplainsdem]

Source: Raw Story

Earlier this month, the Washington Post revealed that the company run by Jared Kushner’s family gave a presentation to wealthy Chinese investors informing them that they could get American visas if they invested in the Kushners’ real estate projects.

Now Bloomberg reports that yet another Kushner relative has been caught using his ties to the Trump administration to hawk real estate to Chinese investors — his uncle, Murray Kushner.

According to Bloomberg, Murray’s company the KRE Group made a pitch to Chinese investors for a Jersey City apartment project that used photos of President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner to make the sale.

“Work hand-in-hand with Trump son-in-law Kushner,” said the pitch, which Bloomberg notes tells potential clients that investing “$500,000 in the planned apartment tower at 235 Grand Street” could help them “qualify for a U.S. resident visa through a program known as EB-5, aimed at attracting foreign funds to help develop neglected areas and promote jobs.”

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/busted-even-jared-kushners-uncle-is-using-trump-to-hawk-real-estate-to-chinese-investors/

[Freethinker65]

1. But, but, but, the Clinton Foundation...

[winstars]

5. Yeah, and her emails are in the basement! What the fuck happened to our country???

[cstanleytech]

2. So hes trying to exploit his relationship to his nephew for profit thats not surprising.

Now if Jared consented to it and stood to gain from it then it might be a big story but right now its a minor issue compared to some of the other ones in the news over the Trump administration.

[Achilleaze]

3. republican scam artists are selling out America for their own profit

republican "values" suck cesspool scum. republicans are so freakin greedy and un-patriotic. Vomitous.

[hughee99]

4. I'm a little confused on the article.

"Earlier this month, the Washington Post revealed that the company run by Jared Kushner’s family gave a presentation to wealthy Chinese investors informing them that they could get American visas if they invested in the Kushners’ real estate projects."

This seems to sound like some sort of nefarious secret plot where people connected to Trump are claiming their insider connections can get visas for big money investors, but isn't this just a US policy that's been around for about 30 years?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Using "insider connections" is corruption and has never been "US policy". . . . nt

[hughee99]

10. US policy is that investments that creates jobs can get you this visa. You don't need "insider"

or any other kind of connections. As I believe Muriel explained below, this type of investment currently allows you to get such a visa, and probably would have under the previous administration as well, but there was at least some threat that such investments might be cracked down on (which they have not been yet).

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. The money has to be invested in a way that claims it creates jobs

and there were rumors that the dubious investment projects, like the Kushners', that don't really create jobs might be cracked down on. But - have no fear! We Kushners know the people who could make that decision - you're safe with us:

"Trump – as well as the Kushner family’s connection to him – was explicitly invoked as the “key decision maker” in getting the visas. A Times reporter posted this picture of the presentation to Twitter, which I’ve marked up to identify the people in the slide …

This is needless to say, the most open and flagrant kind of monetizing of the Presidency – as bad as anyone could have imagined from the conjoined Trump/Kushner families. The fact that this ‘nationalist’, ‘crack down on illegal immigration’ White House is connected to cash for visas activities like this just adds a layer of oily crust to the corruption. "

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-the-trumpkushner-families-presidency-cash-bust-out

[hughee99]

8. Ah, okay. This makes more sense now. Thank you. n/t

[Txbluedog]

12. +1000

It is ethically and morally wrong. The silent implication here is that my son/brother/nephew is the President's son-in-law and you would be better off investing in our "scheme" vs someone else's

[B Stieg]

11. Locusts. Trump and his people are a swarm of locusts.

And that's all they are.

[riversedge]

13. k for visibility