March 19, 2026 - Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, demanded answers from the White House following reports that Jared Kushner has been soliciting billions of dollars from Middle Eastern state sovereign wealth funds for his private equity firm, Affinity Partners, while simultaneously co-leading the Trump Administration’s negotiations in the Middle East. Ranking Member Garcia and Senator Wyden also wrote to Affinity Partners to investigate what safeguards are in place to ensure Kushner’s government work is fully separated from his fundraising and foreign business activities.

“Jared Kushner raising billions from Middle Eastern governments for his private equity firm, pocketing tens of millions in fees each year, while serving as Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy raises serious concerns about his potential conflicts of interest. We need answers if Trump’s son-in-law is profiting by selling access to influence U.S. policy to foreign investors. If he’s getting influenced by cash from other countries, America’s national security is at risk. Oversight Democrats are fighting for answers and transparency,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia.

“Jared Kushner makes up for his flaws as an investor by being a wildly corrupt appendage of his father-in-law’s wildly corrupt administration. The guy is literally on the payroll of the Saudi government and trying to take even more of their money while simultaneously hijacking U.S. foreign policy with his shadow State Department. The U.S. becomes less safe and more corrupt every day Jared Kushner remains involved in our political system,” said Senator Ron Wyden.

In August 2025, Ranking Member Garcia sent letters to President Trump’s son-in-law, Michael Boulos, his associate James Frangi, and Saudi businessman Abdulelah Allam following reports that Mr. Boulos received $100,000 for leveraging his ties to President Trump to help Mr. Allam recover assets seized by the Saudi government. This letter was part of the Oversight Democrats’ broader oversight of Trump’s family members, including Jared Kushner, whose private equity firm, Affinity Partners, received billions in foreign funding from the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia shortly after Kushner left the White House following the first Trump Administration. In 2024, Ranking Member Garcia and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin urged Chairmen James Comer and Glenn Grothman to hold a hearing regarding Kushner’s apparent influence peddling and quid pro quos for actions he undertook to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond, as senior adviser in President Trump’s first Administration, following reports that Kushner was close to finalizing investments in Albania and Serbia and leveraged relationships he built during his time as a senior adviser in his father-in-law’s White House.

Source: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform-Democrats