Top Dems demand special counsel to investigate Jared Kushner less than 2 weeks from Election Day

Less than 2 weeks earlier Election Day, nan apical Democrat connected nan House Oversight Committee is calling connected nan U.S. lawyer wide to name a typical counsel to analyse former President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who is apt to return complete arsenic chair of nan Oversight Committee if Democrats triumph nan House successful November, accused Kushner of perchance violating nan Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) done his finance activity aft leaving nan White House. 

Kushner, who is joined to Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, served arsenic elder White House advisor successful erstwhile President Trump's first administration.

His hedge fund, Affinity Partners, has been a accordant target for Democrats since its inception successful 2021 — attacks that person continued moreover arsenic nan erstwhile president runs for a 2nd term.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, right, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden are calling for a typical counsel to analyse Jared Kushner, center. (Getty Images)

Kushner and his friends person vehemently denied accusations of impropriety. Additionally, while Democrats have been investigating Kushner since 2021, his circle is arguing that those and nan much caller calls for a typical counsel are fueled by governmental motivations, fixed nan adjacent predetermination little than 2 weeks away.

"Recent nationalist reports and a Senate investigation person uncovered important grounds that Mr. Kushner acted arsenic an unregistered overseas supplier of nan Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," publication a missive by Raskin and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

"By his ain admission, Mr. Kushner is actively advising erstwhile President Trump’s run while being paid astatine slightest $80 cardinal by nan Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and different overseas governments since June 2021."

They besides accused Kushner of undermining nan U.S. by "secretly advising nan Saudi government."

The lawmakers pointed to a study by Reuters earlier this period that accused Kushner of discussing U.S.-Saudi relations involving Israel pinch Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aggregate times since leaving nan White House.

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The petition comes little than 2 weeks earlier Election Day. (AP/Alex Brandon/Mike Stewart)

Democrats person besides seized connected a $2 cardinal finance successful Affinity Partners made by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealthiness money aft nan Trump management ended.

"The standard of these undisclosed overseas payments to Mr. Kushner coupled pinch nan nationalist information implications of his evident ongoing efforts to waste governmental power to nan highest overseas bidder are unprecedented and request action from DOJ," Raskin and Wyden wrote.

Kushner and his friends denied immoderate conflict of liking to Fox News Digital.

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"There is nary conflict of interest. During Trump's 4 years successful office, each determination he made was done nan lens of what's successful nan champion liking of America. When re-elected, he'll do nan same," Kushner said.

"Senator Wyden and Rep. Raskin are fortunate to beryllium serving this country, and they should attraction connected nan opportunity they person to positively effect peoples' lives and not connected silly governmental stunts. This missive is beneath nan level of seriousness that some of their chambers deserves."

A spokesperson for nan erstwhile White House advisor said, "This is simply a hopeless effort by partisan democrats to manufacture an rumor wherever nary beryllium 12 days earlier an election. Jared runs an SEC registered money that abides by each laws and regulations."

Meanwhile, Affinity Partners Chief Legal Officer Chad Mizelle pointed retired that nan petition was being lodged little than 2 weeks earlier Election Day.

"Requesting DOJ name a typical counsel to analyse nan president’s family pinch nary grounds 12 days earlier an predetermination should beryllium seen for what it is — a disgraceful effort by Wyden and Raskin to move DOJ into a afloat governmental cognition days earlier an election," he said.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., nan Senate GOP Conference chairman, responded to Wyden and Raskin’s accusations connected X, "Going aft a family personnel of a statesmanlike campaigner little than 2 weeks from a nationalist predetermination is precisely nan weaponization of authorities that President Trump has warned…about."

It could awesome governmental turmoil successful Washington successful nan months up if Trump wins nan White House while his statement fails to support nan House.

Multiple Democrats previously signaled to Fox News Digital, however, that they are eyeing investigations into Kushner if they triumph nan House mostly – sloppy of whether Trump is president. 

The DOJ did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.