‘Complete Fiction’: Jared Kushner Slams Dutch Spy Claims Over Secret Gulf Funds
A major international controversy has erupted around Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, following explosive disclosures in Vanity Fair alleging that Dutch intelligence operatives monitored his iPhone and tracked covert multi-million-dollar financial movements linked to Gulf monarchies. Drawing from investigative journalist Matthew Cole’s upcoming book, Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East, the revelations assert that European spies tracked Kushner accessing offshore financial channels and banking networks tied to high-ranking Emirati, Saudi, and Israeli leadership during the first Trump administration. Kushner has forcefully repudiated the allegations, releasing a blistering public rebuttal that dismissed the investigative excerpts as malicious propaganda, fabricated fiction, and a defamatory narrative masquerading as journalism.
Dutch Wiretap, $750M Charity Wire, and the Riyadh-Abu Dhabi Fund Nexus
According to the investigative excerpts, Dutch intelligence monitored Kushner’s communications during Donald Trump's first presidential term, observing interactions involving a United Arab Emirates-linked banking route that received substantial multi-million-dollar transfers routed through an Azerbaijani banking institution. The report details a pivotal transaction wherein approximately $750 million was allegedly transferred into an account at First Abu Dhabi Bank registered under the Watani Al Emarat Foundation, a state-funded UAE charity overseen by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the bank's chairman and brother of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ). Investigators claim that MBZ and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) initially sought to establish a dedicated financial pool to support White House regional foreign policy priorities. While the unified fund concept was eventually set aside, the reporting asserts that the Gulf royals subsequently routed upwards of $2 billion across accounts linked to Kushner, supplemented by an alleged $1 billion transfer from a Saudi royal figure, with additional discussions reportedly facilitated through former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding depositing funds within Israel.
Fierce Pushback: Kushner Denounces 'Malicious Propaganda' Amid Active Peace Initiatives
Pushing back aggressively against the allegations, Kushner issued a comprehensive denial on social media platform X, categorically refuting any improper financial conduits, secret foreign bank accounts, or unethical policy trades. Denouncing the report as an offensive smear campaign lacking substantiating evidence of legal wrongdoing, the 45-year-old former presidential adviser stated that the claims represent partisan storytelling orchestrated with malicious intent rather than verified investigative findings. The controversy emerges as Kushner continues to engage in high-level geopolitical and diplomatic efforts alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff. While legal analysts emphasize that the book's claims have not been established as statutory violations in a court of law, the revelations have reignited intense scrutiny in Washington over financial transparency, foreign sovereign wealth investments, and ethics oversight surrounding high-level diplomatic envoys.
