666 Fifth Ave: Make Jared an Offer

[C-Mag]

Has Jared completed Middle East peace, yet?

We are getting a nice little purge of Wahhabists, but I'm not tired of winning yet.

[Fife]

Democrats Ask Kushner If He Sought Help Abroad for Family Tower

The building is losing money and has a $1.2 billion mortgage due in February 2019. Kushner Cos. is responsible for half the loan, and representatives for the company have approached investors in Saudi Arabia, China, South Korea, Qatar, France and Israel, Bloomberg reported in an article cited by the lawmakers.

As chief executive officer of Kushner Cos., Jared Kushner participated in some of those talks prior to joining the White House in January. He quit the role and divested his stake in the building to close family members in connection with his joining the administration.

Hmmm. Does "Pay up, Jared" mean anything to any of you all?

[Fife]

There's a lot to take in here. Just a link and a couple of blurbs; read the whole thing:

Kushner’s Family Business Received Loans After White House Meetings

Early last year, a private equity billionaire started paying regular visits to the White House.

Joshua Harris, a founder of Apollo Global Management, was advising Trump administration officials on infrastructure policy. During that period, he met on multiple occasions with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, said three people familiar with the meetings. Among other things, the two men discussed a possible White House job for Mr. Harris.

The job never materialized, but in November, Apollo lent $184 million to Mr. Kushner’s family real estate firm, Kushner Companies. The loan was to refinance the mortgage on a Chicago skyscraper.
. . .

Apollo, best known for investing in companies such as Caesars Entertainment and Norwegian Cruise Lines, was founded by Mr. Harris, Marc Rowan and its current chief executive, Leon Black. Mr. Black and Mr. Kushner sat next to each other at the 2016 US Open, a few months before the presidential election.

Mr. Harris, a co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, is Apollo’s senior managing director. He also is an adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Early last year, the White House enlisted Mr. Harris and other executives to advise the administration on infrastructure policy. Over a period of months, Mr. Harris met regularly with Mr. Kushner and other White House officials.

Apollo made the loan to Kushner Companies on Nov. 1, 2017, according to public records.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/busi ... loans.html

[SuburbanFarmer]

Beautiful circle of corruption and idiocy.

Anyone still think that we have a "government of the people"? I'd like to laugh in your face.