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  • 2017-10-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Jared Kushner Go to Saudi Arabia Because it Doesn't Have an Extradition Treaty With the US? (en)
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  • On 29 October 2017, the liberal blog Palmer Report published a story reporting Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser, had secretly left the country ahead of his possible arrest: Politico did report that Kushner had taken an unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia, two days after news broke that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team would begin issuing indictments in an ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between the president's associates and the Russian government. But simply reading the article, which was the only source cited by Palmer Report, debunks the claim. Politico, published the story after news of looming indictments broke, but Kushner had actually departed two days before that information became public and was back in Washington D.C. to celebrate his wife Ivanka Trump's birthday before anyone was taken into custody: Vanity Fair appears to back the birthday party account. It is true that the United States doesn't have a bilateral extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia, but that wasn't the reason for Kushner's visit. He departed before it was known that Mueller's team would be issuing indictments, and it's unknown to the public who the targets of the investigation will ultimately be. In June 2017, the Washington Post reported that Kushner's financial dealings had come under scrutiny. According to the Politico report, the purpose of Kushner's trip wasn't to run from the law, it was diplomatic: The Palmer Report generally relies on supposition, often extrapolating conclusions from flimsy sourcing, to make rather explosive claims that have fooled many. In May 2017, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey was forced to backtrack after making this false statement: While the first part of that statement was based on a report by CNN, the second sentence stating that a grand jury had been impaneled in New York in relation to Mueller's investigation was not. The source of that information, according to an aide for Markey, was the Palmer Report. (en)
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