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Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner at the White House in 2025.
Source: The White House · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized
PersonInner circle16 relationships

Donald Trump's son-in-law, a senior White House adviser during the first Trump administration, and founder of Affinity Partners.

Relationship to Trumpson-in-law and former senior White House adviserfamily · personal · political / 1 source

Status

  1. Son-in-law of Donald Trumprelationship / 2026-09-031 source · Lead source
  2. Former senior White House adviseroffice / 2021-01-201 source · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpson-in-law and former senior White House adviser

    familypersonalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  2. Kushner Companies

    former chief executive who retained family real-estate interests

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  3. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law and White House senior adviser subject to financial disclosure

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  4. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law and White House senior adviser who retained family real-estate interests

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  5. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law and White House senior adviser whose family company borrowed from Freddie Mac

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourceestimate
  6. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law and White House senior adviser with disclosed private assets

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  7. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law and former Kushner Companies chief executive

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  8. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law whose firm collected foreign-client fees

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  9. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law whose firm received state-linked investment

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  10. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  11. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcealleged
  12. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  13. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  14. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 4 sourcesreported
  15. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, informal presidential adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcealleged
  16. Donald J. Trump

    son-in-law, informal presidential adviser, and Affinity Partners founder

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported

Record timeline

  1. Kushner retained real-estate holdings while entering the White HouseHoldings disclosed during White House serviceson-in-law and White House senior adviser who retained family real-estate interests · former chief executive who retained family real-estate interests · reported · 1 source
  2. Kushner and Ivanka disclosed assets worth as much as $741 millionInitial White House financial disclosures releasedson-in-law and White House senior adviser with disclosed private assets · reported · 1 source
    1. otherDisclosed asset upper boundup to $741 million
      Measured subject
      Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
      reported · 2017-03-31 · observedPopulation Combined assets reported by Jared Kushner and Ivanka TrumpPeriod 2016-01-01 to 2017-03-31Basis Use the upper end of the value ranges reported in the public financial disclosures and ProPublica's review.Limits This is an upper bound derived from disclosure ranges, not a precise net-worth estimate and not cash income.Open cited evidence
  3. Bank of Internet made $30 million and $57 million Kushner loansLoans reported; terms not fully publicson-in-law and former Kushner Companies chief executive · reported · 1 source
    1. investmentBushwick project financing$30,000,000
      Reported investor / source
      Bank of Internet USA
      Reported investment recipient
      Kushner Companies Bushwick project
      reported · 2018-04-30 · observedPopulation Bank of Internet financing on the Bushwick projectPeriod 2017-01-01 to 2018-04-30Basis Use the project-level principal reported by ProPublica.Limits One of two separately reported financings; principal is debt, not income.Open cited evidence
    2. investmentNew Jersey project loan$57,000,000
      Reported investor / source
      Bank of Internet USA
      Reported investment recipient
      Kushner Companies New Jersey project
      reported · 2018-04-30 · observedPopulation Bank of Internet loan on a Kushner Companies New Jersey developmentPeriod 2017-01-01 to 2018-04-30Basis Use the project-level principal reported by ProPublica.Limits One of two separately reported financings; principal is debt, not income.Open cited evidence
  4. Kushner's federal disclosure record accumulated repeated correctionsCorrected disclosures filedson-in-law and White House senior adviser subject to financial disclosure · reported · 1 source

    at least 40 changesDisclosure changes identified · 2018-05-03

  5. Freddie Mac financed Kushner apartment deals with $786 millionEighteen Freddie Mac loans reviewedson-in-law and White House senior adviser whose family company borrowed from Freddie Mac · estimate · 1 source
    1. investmentFreddie Mac loan principal$786,000,000
      Investor / source
      Freddie Mac
      Investment recipient
      Kushner Companies apartment deals
      realized · 2020-10-01 · observedPopulation Eighteen Freddie Mac apartment loans involving Kushner CompaniesPeriod 2017-01-20 to 2020-10-01Basis Sum the 18 loan balances identified in ProPublica's deal-level review.Limits Principal is financing and risk exposure, not a grant, profit, or personal payment to Jared Kushner.Open cited evidence
  6. Senate inquiry said foreign investors supplied 99% of Affinity's assetsForeign-capital concentration documented in Senate inquiryson-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · reported · 1 source
    1. investmentEntirely foreign-funded parallel fund$2,970,000,000
      Reported investor / source
      Foreign limited partners
      Reported investment recipient
      Affinity Partners parallel fund
      reported · 2024-06-12 · observedPopulation Affinity Partners parallel fund described by the Senate Finance CommitteePeriod 2021-01-01 to 2024-06-12Basis Use the fund size and 100% foreign funding characterization stated by the committee chair.Limits This is committed assets under management, not fees, investment gains, distributions, or Jared Kushner's personal income.Open cited evidence
  7. Senate inquiry reports $157 million in fees to AffinityCommittee inquiry ongoing at publicationson-in-law whose firm collected foreign-client fees · reported · 1 source
    1. feeFees Senate Finance reported foreign clients paid to Affinity Partners; this is firm revenue, not Jared Kushner's personal income.$157,000,000
      Fee payer / source
      Foreign clients, including the Saudi government
      Fee recipient
      Affinity Partners
    2. feeSaudi-government fees collected by Affinity$87 million
      Fee payer / source
      Saudi government
      Fee recipient
      Affinity Partners
      realized · 2024-07-24 · observedPopulation Saudi-government fees included within the Senate Finance Committee's reported $157 million foreign-client fee totalPeriod 2024-07-24 to 2024-07-24Basis Saudi-government component disclosed to committee investigators as of July 24, 2024, nested within the $157 million foreign-client total.Limits The cited committee record reports firm fee revenue and does not identify any distribution to Jared Kushner or another individual.Open cited evidence
  8. Affinity had deployed $1.1 billion but reported no investment returnNo ROI or earnings distributions reported to the committee as of July 2024son-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · reported · 1 source
    1. investmentCapital deployed by Affinity$1,100,000,000
      Reported investor / source
      Affinity Partners funds
      Reported investment recipient
      Portfolio companies
      reported · 2024-07-31 · observedPopulation Affinity Partners investment capital deployed by July 2024Period 2021-01-01 to 2024-07-31Basis Use the deployed-capital figure stated in the committee's September 2024 letter.Limits Deployed capital is not revenue, profit, or investor return; the committee reported no ROI or earnings distributions as of the measurement date.Open cited evidence
  9. Lawmakers requested a special-counsel review of Kushner's foreign contactsSpecial-counsel request made; no adjudication established by reviewed sourcesson-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · alleged · 1 source
  10. Gulf state funds supplied $24 billion of Paramount's initial WBD bid backingForeign fund governance rights surrendered; Affinity later withdrewson-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · reported · 4 sources

    $24,000,000,000Foreign sovereign-fund bid financing · 2025-12-10

  11. Affinity withdrew from Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery bidAffinity Partners no longer participating in bid financingson-in-law, former senior adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · reported · 1 source
  12. Kushner resumed informal diplomacy while Affinity managed Gulf capitalServing as an informal adviser without a federal titleson-in-law, informal presidential adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · reported · 1 source
  13. Lawmakers opened a new inquiry into Affinity fundraising and Kushner diplomacyCongressional document request pending in reviewed recordson-in-law, informal presidential adviser, and Affinity Partners founder · alleged · 1 source
  14. Saudi public fund invests $2 billion in Kushner's new firmHouse Oversight opened its inquiry on June 2, 2022son-in-law whose firm received state-linked investment · reported · 1 source
    1. investmentSaudi PIF commitment to Affinity Partners$2 billion
      Committed investor / source
      Saudi Public Investment Fund
      Committed investment recipient
      Affinity Partners
      committed · 2022-06-02 · observedPopulation Saudi Public Investment Fund capital commitment to Affinity Partners reported by the House committeePeriod 2022-06-02 to 2022-06-02Basis Commitment amount reported by the House committee on June 2, 2022; that publication date is the observation date because the exact agreement date is unstated.Limits Committed capital is not deployed capital, investment return, management fees, or a personal distribution to Jared Kushner.Open cited evidence
  15. Jared Kushner's family and White House roles convergeFamily tie ongoing; first-administration office endedson-in-law and former senior White House adviser · documented · 1 source