Chicago – March 17, 2026
Jared Kushner, husband to Ivanka Trump, is allegedly soliciting $5 billion in funding for his private equity firm while serving as a diplomatic advisor to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.
Kushner has been participating in peace negotiations worldwide, with Trump appointing Kushner to the unofficial position of the administration’s “special peace envoy” in Feb. 2026.
Now, as one of the government’s negotiators in the Middle East, Kushner is working to raise money for his private equity firm, Affinity Partners, from governments across the Middle East, according to The New York Times.
The NYT reported on the “blurring of the lines between public service and private profit-seeking” these new financial initiatives represent.
