The real estate company tied to President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly tried to secure financing from the Qatar government for its debt-laden office tower on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.
Kushner’s father, Charles, made a pitch to Qatari Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al Emadi during a meeting in New York in April 2017, weeks before a Saudi-led economic blockade against Qatar, according to an Intercept report.
The standoff, led by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, severed air and sea routes to Qatar in June to try to pressure the country to draw back its ties to Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Turkey.
Kushner, according to reports last year, undermined efforts by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to end the standoff between the Middle Eastern countries.
A day after Charles Kushner’s meeting with Al Emadi, another was held at the Fifth Avenue property, though the finance minister did not attend the second meeting in person, the Intercept reported.
The two parties failed to broker a deal.
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Kushner real estate company sought funding from Qatar shortly before blockade: Report https://t.co/bt6YG9tu4l pic.twitter.com/H3YUngmgQv
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 2, 2018
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