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Report: Mueller Is Looking Into Kushner’s Foreign Funding

Investigation reportedly examining operations during transition to White House.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has reportedly has been looking into Jared Kushner’s efforts to secure foreign funding during the presidential transition, according to CNN. That is an indication, CNN reports, that Mueller is investigating Kushner’s ties beyond Russia to secure funding for his 666 Fifth Avenue real-estate venture—including countries like China and Qatar. According to a CNN source, the investigation has not yet contacted Kushner Companies or interviewed anyone at the company. Kushner divested from the 666 Fifth Avenue project in early 2017. Kushner had bought the property in 2007 for $1.8 billion and had been struggling to shoulder the debt of the building in subsequent years.