Members phkrause Posted September 6, 2023 Members Share Posted September 6, 2023 Photo illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Jared Kushner's private equity fund, which he launched after President Trump left the White House in 2021, has done its first Israeli deal, Axios Pro Rata author Dan Primack reports. Why it matters: Miami-based Affinity Partners is backed by $2 billion from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. This is believed to be the first Saudi-sponsored investment in an Israeli company. House Democrats are turning up the heat on Kushner over Affinity and its ties to foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. During the Trump administration, Kushner's policy portfolio included Middle East diplomacy. Another member of the Trump White House, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, also raised a private equity fund backed by Saudi Arabia, but has not invested in Israel. Affinity is investing $150 million for a 10% stake in the auto services unit of Shlomo Group. Shlomo began in 1974 as a small car rental outfit, and later began offering an array of services to corporate auto fleets — leasing, roadside aid, maintenance. Keep reading ... Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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