https://www.huffingtonpost.com/?icid=hjx004
INTRIGUE: FEDS WARNED JARED ABOUT WENDI!
Officials Warned Jared Kushner About Friendship With Wendi Deng Murdoch: Report
The meeting was described to The Wall Street Journal as a “routine senior staff security briefing.”
U.S.
officials warned Jared Kushner earlier this year that his friendship
with Wendi Deng Murdoch could be used as a conduit by the Chinese
government, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Unnamed
sources told the outlet that counterintelligence officials had warned
Kushner that Murdoch, a Chinese-American businesswoman who was married
to News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch, could leverage her close
relationship with Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, to push the
interests of the Chinese government.
The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp.
Among
U.S. officials’ reported concerns was a proposed garden in Washington,
D.C., funded by the Chinese government. The $100 million project has
reportedly been declared a national security risk due to a tall tower
that’s part of the design, which intelligence officials worry could be
used for surveillance.
Murdoch’s
spokesman told the Journal that she “has absolutely no knowledge of any
garden projects funded by the Chinese government.”
The
outlet notes that no one has been accused of wrongdoing, but said
officials gave the warning “to highlight to Mr. Kushner, who was new to
government, the need to be careful in his dealings with people whose
interests may not align with those of the U.S.”
The meeting was described as a “routine senior staff security briefing.”
It’s
unclear what, if any, reason officials had to single Murdoch out in
their warning to Kushner or why they suspect her interests are not
aligned with those of the United States. There is a long history of
Chinese-Americans being falsely accused of working for China.
China’s
embassy in Washington D.C. told the Journal that its article was “full
of groundless speculations.” HuffPost has reached out to the embassy for
comment.
Kushner
and his wife have long been friends with Murdoch. In 2016, Ivanka Trump
posted several photos of Murdoch on her Instagram account, including an
image of the two traveling together in Croatia.
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