the new york times reports that jared kushner's investment firm, affinity partners, has been paid atr foreign investors, even though, as of july, it had not yet returned any profits to the governments, largely bankrolling the firm. at least 99% of the roughly $3 billion investment came from overseas sources, including $2 billion from the saudi government's public investment fund, end point a senate finance committee investigation found that jared kushner's firm, which as i said, is called affinity partners, has only invested about one third of the assets it manages, charging fees on billions of dollars that have not been invested and are not generating returns. the senate finance committee chairman ron wyden this, quote, affinities investors may not be motivated by commercial considerations, but rather, the opportunity to funnel foreign government money to members of president trump's family, namely jared kushner and ivanka trump. affinity's failure to deploy capital in a timely fashion while charging excessive fees has reinforced my view that affinity is likely part of a compensatio

we note that jared kushner was president trump's, his father- in-law, wesley divisor on a lot of policy which -- kushner's pro-saudi engagements. there was a lot of concern from the state department from foreign-policy advisers about jared's closeness to the saudi government. we also know just months after leaving the white house, jared gets $2 billion for his investment fund and yet to this day has not made a single penny back for the saudi's. this is really serious. you match that with the other, what i think is clear corruption on the trump side, the trump organization basically funneling millions of dollars from foreign governments to truck properties. we have receipts of this. we have evidence of all of these millions from places like china, from qatar, from saudi arabia, being paid to the trump organization in depth, there is no investigation because republicans want to cover it up. the screams of something really bad happening, corruption happening and we should demand transparency and answers. >> i want to read further from the letter that senate finance committee chairman rob w

it never ended, but that $2 billion that jared kushner pocketed from saudi arabia, despite protests fromudi arabia which said it was a bad investment. that was the largest payment we know of, but it is reflected of the general character of the administration and this $10 million obviously could have made a real difference in terms of the outcome of the presidential election, just like the hush money payoffs to donald trump's mistress. >> it is one more reminder of what is at stake this november with the ability to actually find answers to these pressing questions that you and democrats are trying to raise. congressman jamie raskin, always a pleasure. after the break we want to talk about children, not just the ones in the united states, but across the world. er feel like they've arrived before they've left the ground. this is how business goes further with t-mobile for business. how do you keep your teeth so white with all the coffee you drink? my secret lumineux whitening strips. i mean, that is white. and because there's no sensitivity, i feel like i can use them more often. and you ca

now, we don't know if the saudis expected profits or if they just wanted to reward jared kushner for his service. this $2 billion payment for this investment fund represents the reward of sitting next to former president trump and pushing for pro-saudi policies. during his time in the white house, mr. kushner consistently ignored the recommendations of top foreign policy experts at the state department, and even ignored the warnings of trump's own secretary of state. these conflicts of interest and the national security threats are obvious. but house republicans are not interested in uncovering the truth about kushner's actions or the suspicious actions of the saudi government and other foreign governments. while the senate is beginning to finally move on this investigation, the house has done nothing. mr. speaker, we can no longer wait to hold the kushners accountable for their shady dealings. our democracy is not for sale. and we need to ask ourselves the question. why did jared kushner receive $2 billion for an investment fund just months after leaving the white house? the america

from your situation today, you can see that jared kushner, trump's son-in-law , wrote a memo and in it he mentions that after the al-aqsa storm, we we lost the full face of abraham's morning peace, so look at this if we put the conditions next to each other, the variables

well, his son-in-law eh... his daughter's husband is also that of ivanka trump, he is also a jew, jared kushner, well yes, of course, and ivanka herself accepted judaism, from her point of view and they, they are jews, let's say that, right but they can't tell you whether don't they somehow affect his position on such issues, you know, the strength and weakness of donald trump is that he is a living person. well, that is, by the way, the strength and weakness of volodymyr zelenskyi, a politician cannot afford, if he wants to deal with this story, to be a living person. trump is a living person, but he, relatively speaking, got mad at the rally, you know, ugh, and started to rant like this. i don't think that if he is put in jail like that, say to him, mr. president, what are you saying, he admits that he was feverish, but he is so... by character, by temperature, he is a person from show business, not even from big business, but from show business, remember those programs of his, there he was like a fish in water, well, programs, advertising, yes. here he is, and by the way, it's a well-known f

fine, by the way, his son-in-law is her husband. its ivanka trump's daughters, he is also a jew, jared kushnerurse, and ivanka herself accepted judaism, from her point of view and they, they, they are jews, let's say this, his... well, are they they cannot tell whether or not they do not somehow influence his position on such issues, you know the strength and weakness of donald trump in the fact that he is a living person, well, that is, by the way, the strength and weakness of volodymyr zelensky, a politician cannot afford if he wants to deal with this story to be a living person trump is alive man, here he is with... conventionally speaking, he got mad at the rally, you understand, ugh, and started thrashing like this, i don’t think that if he is put in prison like that, you can tell him, mr. president, what are you saying, he admits, that he became feverish, but he is like that in character, in terms of the temperature, he is a person from show business, not even from big business, but from show business, do you remember those programs of his, there he was like a fish in water, well program

we know that jared kushner colluded to collect $2 billion from the saudi royal family for his investment fund, just two months after leaving the white house job. we also know the trump organization has collected, at a minimum, $7.8 million in foreign payments from multiple countries. during his presidency, funneled through the trump organization and his hotel properties. mr. speaker, we cannot delay more accountability or an investigation. donald trump has made dangerous allegiances with enemies of the united states of america and our allies. they do not stand for truth, justice and the american way. i have raised this alarm over and over and over again and we should not stop. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would remind members to refrain from engaging in personalities toward nominees for the office of president. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from louisiana, ms. letlow. ms. letlow: madam speaker, i ask to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. letlow: madam speaker, i rise

but you know, when don jr and jared kushner and paul manafort are meeting with russian lawyer at trump tower in 2016, i mean, you know, come on. yeah, but but but jim, the steele dossier was faked. jim, hack into hillary clinton's e-mails. >> the steele the steele dossier. jim, i'm talking about the facts here. the steele, the steele dossier was completely manufactured by the dnc. it was the basis upon which the fisa warrants were obtained. what you can't stand the facts. those are the facts, guys. that's not true. those are the facts. >> why did why did the president's son and son in law and campaign manager meet with the russian attorney at trump tower in 2016? you worked in the trump campaign. you have a good answer for that. did you ever ask donald trump? why did they why did they do this? i didn't i did. what campaign does that. >> that's not what. yeah. let's be very clear that mueller was very clear that one of the reasons that he did not move forward with, with this case is because donald trump was president and the doj wouldn't go there. so let's be very clear about that. and

capitulation nest, and the embracing of everything the homicidal crown prince wants to do and then jared kushner away with $2 billion and $150 million every year in management fees that they are getting. i mean, the whole thing was a corrupt moneymaking operation from the beginning. and, people need to understand that there is an economic motivation underlying all of it . the mad desire to set aside the rule of law, and lie and cheat and steal and incite violence is all to keep the grace going. so, that the corruption is insulated. >> i can't imagine any of that getting better in a second term, but that is just my speculation. thank you very much. u very muc. >> you bet. >>> still ahead, the unrepentant racism of clay higgins, as democrats plan to force a censure vote. >>> first, the latest on the extremely dangerous category four hurricane about make landfall in florida's panhandle, next. panhandle, next. for most, hpv clears on its own. but for others, it can cause certain cancers later in life. you're welcome! now, as the “dad cab”, it's my cue to help protect them. embrace this phase. help p

jared kushner had an incredible analysis, given his mind, but he put it on x over the weekend. he talked about the fact that in his countless hours spent studying has below, no expert ever would predict that israel could make the strides it has with this killing and so much. he talked about that anyone calling for peace right now has no idea what they are talking about. this is exactly the time for israel to finish the job that iran has for 40 years now building up there nuclear arsenal is a loaded gun pointed against israel. the time is now and what they need to have his unanimous united states support. that is not conditional for the biden administration and is certainly not the celebration of the assassinated terrorist by the left-wing media emanating out of our country. the time is now for unconditional support of israel. >> instead, calling for a cease-fire. this media and the way they describe it -- and you were shocked by some of the statements. it's not a one-off. in 2019, "the washington post" -- they wrote this. an austere "religious scholar at the helm of the islamic

filing that 90% of his son-in- law jared kushner's investment fund is financed by foreign entities. he is running -- i mean it's like the trump campaign is the home shopping network. 40 days to go and this is what we are seeing donald trump doing. >> absolutely, because he knows he's got to have some money in his pocket if he doesn't win, right? is got to put something in there. this goes back to his roots. donald trump, he says he's a real estate magnate but really and most of his career he's been a brand. he loves to not invest money in building buildings because that is to but people pay him to use his name on things and that is what we are seeing here in the middle of the campaign season, him taking advantage of being in the spotlight the summer he always has and trying to turn that attention into money, and whether that is to the detriment of his political campaign, we will see. it is very clear from all of the little labeling's at the bottom of all this merchandise, it's going straight to his pocket. they are making that very clear. >> what was his campaign? did they ever ackn

one of the architects of the abraham accords jared kushner noted that it does move in the direction oflating iran, but michelle, i don't know what your take is on that and what you're hearing in terms of the market reaction and lack there of. oil isn't moving and saudi said they would be pumping, but where's the attention to be directed. >> there's an interesting corner of the market that's actually making a bet on the choice that fred kempe has so succinctly outlined which is if you look at the way lebanese bonds are trading today they're very actively traded and they're trading higher. lebanon defaulted on $20 million on bonds back in 2020 so they trade very distressed. last week they were trading at 5.75, and this morning they were seven or eight cents. in default to debt trading those are huge moves and think of it a deeply out of the money option, but the reason that trade is happening is because of the death of nasrallah. there is a whisker of hope that perhaps lebanon can get its act together politically and actually get out of the economic mess that has been created by hezbolla

jared kushner, the president's in law, his father got a pardon and he was responsible for reportedly i think there's some dispute on that. but he was central to the last minute pardons. so limits on that kind of pay for play pardons express limits on, bribery in exchange for pardons. of course, the impeachment clause specifically mentions bribery as a grounds for impeachment. so, you know, you and i are lawyers, law professors. we can talk about the nuances of how the supreme court would do this. but i'm a big believer in government in the sunshine. so at a minimum, seems to me we should know what's going on. and then i would also argue maybe instead of having justice department lawyers that are one step away from the very prosecutor who put them in, put these people in jail through the criminal justice system, there could be more like a clemency board that even made recommendations to the president even if they weren't binding. and that board could include, you know, psychologists, maybe people that have been in the criminal justice system. it could explain it from the inside from o

jared kushner, the president's in law, his father got a pardon and he was responsible for reportedly i think there's some dispute on that. but he was central to the last minute pardons. so limits on that kind of pay for play pardons express limits on, bribery in exchange for pardons. of course, the impeachment clause specifically mentions bribery as a grounds for impeachment. so, you know, you and i are lawyers, law professors. we can talk about the nuances of how the supreme court would do this. but i'm a big believer in government in the sunshine. so at a minimum, seems to me we should know what's going on. and then i would also argue maybe instead of having justice department lawyers that are one step away from the very prosecutor who put them in, put these people in jail through the criminal justice system, there could be more like a clemency board that even made recommendations to the president even if they weren't binding. and that board could include, you know, psychologists, maybe people that have been in the criminal justice system. it could explain it from the inside from o

capitulation is stand embracing of everything that the homicidal crown prince wanted to do and then jared kushnerbillion and $150 million every year in management fees they are getting. i mean the whole thing was a corrupt moneymaking operation from the very beginning and people need to understand that. that there is an economic motivation underlying all of it and the mad desire to set aside the rule of law and lie and cheat and steal and incite violence is all to keep the grift going, so that the corruption is insulated. >> i can't imagine that getting better in a second term, but that is speculation. congressman jamie raskin as always, thank you very much. >> you bet. >>> still ahead, the unrepentant racism of clay higgins as democrats for say since your vote. >>> first, the very latest on the extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane about to make landfall in florida's panhandle, next. ya know, that's backed by j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us. when you want to invest with more confidence... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management ♪ ♪ when you want to invest with more co♪ ♪dence...

jared kushner got $2 billion from the saudi. he's demonizing, gather your money and give it to donald trump -- the best people ever, these muslims. he does not badmouth muslims now. he's transactional even in bigotry. >> the interesting thing that got a lot of gasping was the last sentence where he said, you should put your head in a bag. i've got to say that was jarring to me, and i'm used to people saying a lot of racist things. >> the arrogance and the stupidity, the sheer stupidity of this. it is just appalling that there are people like this in the u.s. senate. and you notice that he said, you don't condemn hamas as if hamas and -- are the same thing. hamas is a violent organization. >> -- is a u.n. humanitarian. >> health clinics and they teach kids in school. the fact, i can't say she doesn't know what the acronym stands for. it is appalling and rarely do you even have a muslim or arab- american testifying, that they don't see this generally because they are not given a platform and when they do, you see the depth of the

. >> jared kushner has, and basically said that america should let israel, quote, finish the job, that this is the time not to get in israel's way and this could be a rebirth, if you will, for a country like lebanon in the middle east. doesn't that politically bind the biden administration, which does not want to be perceived as now standing in israel's way as the head of the election? >> and what does that mean to rebate -- remake lebanon? >> all these people who are living in the north of israel who left their homes and the israeli government is on a tremendous pressure to bring these people back. but what they could have done was make a cease-fire deal in gaza, then, has below would have stopped firing, the koozies would have stopped firing and instead what they have done is they've chosen to go to war, right, and potentially to an occupied off of that border. how well does that occupation last, going to work out for israel over the long term when they face in insurgency. there's a reason israel pulled back from his last occupation of southern lebanon. this country is getting more a

jared kushner, the president of's's son-in-law, his father got a pardon and he was responsible -- heas central to the last minute pardons. so limits on the kind of pay for play pardons, expressed limits on bribery in exchange for pardons. the impeachment clause specifically mentions bribery as grounds for impeachment. we and you as lawyers can talk about the nuances for how the supreme court could do this. but i am a big believer in the government and sunshine and at a minimum we should know what is going on. i would also argue that maybe instead of having justice department lawyers that are one step away from the very prosecutors who put them in jail come up with these people in jail through the criminal justice system, there could be a clemency board that made recommendations to the president even if they weren't binding, and the board could include psychologists. may be people that have been in the criminal justice system who could explain it from the inside , and other kinds of experts, not just prosecutors, to make those recommendations to the president. i also suggested that co

connection to his contact with members of trump's inner circle back in 2016, including people like jared kushner, who he was trying to push information about russia talking points about russia to back then. now he's once again in the news facing it's in criminal charges in connection to a different russian influence operation targeting the 2024 election, trying to sow that discord, that broader objective of the kremlin. now, prosecutors say that dmitry psalms wasn't direct contact with vladimir putin him itself and he was receiving $1 million to really cast his show on rt, which is the russian state-owned media arm of the kremlin, cast the narrative of a pro-russian anti-ukraine narrative with the objective of swaying public opinion in favor. and that is a theme of what we've heard from the justice department and other u.s. agencies over just the last two days, but also the last several months that russia, vladimir putin, and the kremlin and overall are trying to wage this broad disinformation, brought influence campaign, both targeting the u.s. election in a pro trump sort of a way, but also tr

than say, when bill clinton pardoned him his brother, step brother, or when donald trump pardon jared kushner'sad yeah let me talk about trump pardoning the january 6 defendants because mr. trump has certainly talked about it take a listen. >> my rioters who assaulted officers, you have to ask you part what's going to happen. >> oh, absolutely. i would if they're innocent, i would pardon them. >> i don't even know what that means if they're innocent, these are people who have been adjudicated and are in prison. what do you make of the fact that he keeps talking about this? >> i think it's there's a server that was done the summer on the pardon. and a majority of americans, including republicans, didn't want to see pardons for the january 6 insurrectionists because it's an invitation for political violence. we will, you know, this president anyway will reward political violence. some people think it would create a private militia, just people that will ride or die with their guns for donald trump that's not the idea, jake behind the pardon power, which goes back thousands of years. >> what is th

even jared kushner wanted an interview as a hostile takeover.'s saying that party is not available after trump and to think about what comes next. >> peter baker, thank you for coming up on this morning. >>> coming up our next guest served on robert mueller special counsel investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 election. we'll hear their account of the historic probe, as well as their concerns about this year's election. >>> and, a programming note as we go to break, msnbc's stephanie ruhle will sit down today for an exclusive interview with kamala harris, you can see it in a special two-hour edition of "all in." watch it 7:00 eastern right here on msnbc. craig here pays too much for verizon wireless. so he sublet half his real estate office to a pet shop. there's a smarter way to save. comcast business mobile. you could save up to an incredible 70% on your wireless bill. so you don't have to compromise. powering smarter savings. powering possibilities. switch to comcast busines internet and mobile and find out how to get the lates

the counsel of jared kushner was not with him.we could take from that that they know he should not be making this run again for the white house, either because it is about saving himself there federal prison or because he's incapable of leading the country or he's trying to satisfy his own crave for power. the danger is can he pull this off? the platform of the laura loomers and matt gaetz's is a danger to the country. >> basil, this reached the podium of the white house press secretary. here's korean jeanpierre today. >> it is unamerican to say these types of things, exactly the kind of hateful and divisive rhetoric that we should denounce and we should not -- should not be part of the fabric of this country. it doesn't matter what your political views are. you should stand and condemn, and condemn these types of just repugnant, repugnant words. no leader should ever associate with someone who spreads this kind of ugliness, beings this kind of racist poison. that's what this is. and who continues to fan these types of dangerous a

clearly understanding covid running through nursing homes like fire through grass as you said to jared kushner, you required them to accept elderly residents who had active covid-19 infections and you prohibited testing. it really is shameful. but, yet, you want to continue to deflect the blame. so did you advise governor newsom of california or governor murphy of new jersey, or governor whitmer of michigan what they should do with nursing homes. >> a coincidence, all democrats. >> did you advise governor reynolds. >> i was on phone calls with the governors association. >> thanks goodness they didn't adopt your policies. did you talk to governor reynolds. >> c.d.c. and dms, allows the infectious covid-- they did not deny anyone. >> they did not. there was specific guidance, you did not follow the guidance and did not allow our own health officials to follow the guidance given, and some states didn't adopt six feet distancing, nor did they adopt closing schools. ie, iowa did not despite cms's guidance which could have been altered or adhered to by the directive of a particular state. so, i find

>> we know that the braun family knew the kushner family and went through jared kushner's father to ensurellen disturb wits saying his case had been a miscarriage of justice and that he was deserving of clemency. braun was under investigation by sdny at the time. he had just been sued by the new york state attorney general. he had just been sued by federal regultors. this was all on the public record. the case that we wrote about today, another one where the violent history was known. he had been commuted for his role in this murder of a police officer, and his case which we didn't know until they brought to light this morning started in 2023. he was first accused of this in 2023 and it wasn't until earlier this year that he was sentenced. >> so connect some dots. how does trump pardon two wife beaters? is it indifference? is it cutting out doj? is it because the pardon process was corrupted and so no one could warn him of the character of the people he was pardoning within presidential pardoned have vexed both parties, but stst it's unprecedented to pardon people who would go on to beat t

there is a jared kushner story recently. the $2 billion he got from saudi arabia.hese are people that would sell the interests of this country in a heartbeat. >> his running against nato and for putin. being pro putin, pro kim jong-un and nothing nice to say about our nato allies. thank you so much for spending time with us at the same time another break for us. we'll be right back. to save 2% on their first order of flea and tick meds. delivered fast, so summit never misses a dose. for life with pets, there's chewy. everywhere but the seat. the seat is leather. alan, we get it. you love your bike. we do, too. that's why we're america's number-one motorcycle insurer. but do you have to wedge it into everything? what? i don't do that. this reminds me of my bike. the wolf was about the size of my new motorcycle. have you seen it, by the way? happy birthday, grandma! really? look how the brushstrokes follow the line of the gas tank. -hey! -hey! brought my plus-one. jamie? we all know costs are too high. but while corporations are gouging families, trump is focused on

the likelihood of it running through nursing homes like fire through dry grass as you said to jared kushner, your administration still required facilities to accept elderly residents who had active covid-19 infections and you prohibited testing. it really is shameful. but yet, you want to continue to deflect the blame. so did you advise governor newsom of california or governor murphy of new jersey or governor whitmer of michigan on what they should do with nursing home admissions? >> all democrats, what a coincidence. >> did you talk to governor reynolds? >> i was on multiple calls with the vice president and the governor's association. >> thank goodness they didn't adopt your policies. did you talk to governor reynolds? >> cdc and cms allows the transfer of infectious covid positive infectious people. new york nursing homes do have the right to deny anyone. >> there was specific guidance, you did not follow the guidance, you did not allow your own public health officials to follow the guidance. that was given to them. in addition to which, we now know some it is didn't adopt six feet dist

after watching the world cup final with jared kushner, he asked his followers to respond to another polln as head of twitter? i will abide by the results of this poll. >> jacoby: 57% of voters said yes, musk should step down. three days later, he sounded deflated. >> this company is, is like... like, basically, you're in a plane that is headed towards the ground at high speed, uh, with the engines on fire and the controls don't work. >> jacoby: musk said he was going to stay on until he could find a new c.e.o. buhe'd continue to make impulsive decisions. >> super bowl sunday has arrived. >> elon musk flies on his private jet to the super bowl. he's sitting in the stands, watching the game. >> wow, you got some brilliant minds in that photo. rupert murdoch, elon musk. >> and he tweets out, basically, his support for the philadelphia eagles. i think his tweet was something like "go, eagles!" with a few american flags on it. (tweet posts) biden, around the same time, posts a somewhat similar tweet. "fly, eagles, fly." (tweet posts) and it's a video of his wife, jill biden, who's walking wit

bill clinton pardoned his brother-in-law and donald trump pardoned jared kushner's dad who was prosecutede most hideous criminal enterprises he's ever prosecuted. we've seen this historically. i don't know if biden were, if kamala harris would be far off the criteria if they were to decide hunter biden's sentence should be commuted. >> the new book "pardon power" is on sale now. kim whaley, great to have you on the show. thank you very much for coming on today. >> great to have you here. >>> it's been so great to be here this week. we thank you for your patience. before we leave, mika has a message. >> ana cabrera picks up the coverage in 90 seconds. and stiffness. don't use if you are allergic to taltz. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. increased risk of infections and lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about infections, symptoms, or if inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop, worsen or if you had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions can occur. ask your doctor about taltz. reports," we are following two