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

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

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who is apt to instrumentality implicit arsenic seat of the Oversight Committee if Democrats triumph the House successful November, accused Kushner of perchance violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) done his concern enactment aft leaving the White House. 

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

His hedge fund, Affinity Partners, has been a accordant people for Democrats since its inception successful 2021 — attacks that person continued adjacent arsenic the 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 peculiar counsel to analyse Jared Kushner, center. (Getty Images)

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

"Recent nationalist reports and a Senate probe person uncovered important grounds that Mr. Kushner acted arsenic an unregistered overseas cause of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," work 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 portion being paid astatine slightest $80 cardinal by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and different overseas governments since June 2021."

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

The lawmakers pointed to a study by Reuters earlier this period that accused Kushner of discussing U.S.-Saudi relations involving Israel with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aggregate times since leaving the 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 concern successful Affinity Partners made by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealthiness money aft the Trump medication ended.

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

Kushner and his allies denied immoderate struggle of involvement to Fox News Digital.

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"There is nary struggle of interest. During Trump's 4 years successful office, each determination helium made was done the lens of what's successful the champion involvement of America. When re-elected, he'll bash the same," Kushner said.

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

A spokesperson for the erstwhile White House advisor said, "This is simply a hopeless effort by partisan democrats to manufacture an contented 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 the petition was being lodged little than 2 weeks earlier Election Day.

"Requesting DOJ name a peculiar counsel to analyse the president’s household with nary grounds 12 days earlier an predetermination should beryllium seen for what it is — a disgraceful effort by Wyden and Raskin to crook DOJ into a afloat governmental cognition days earlier an election," helium said.

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

It could awesome governmental turmoil successful Washington successful the months up if Trump wins the White House portion his enactment fails to support the House.

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

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