Jared Kushner demands Vanity Fair retract book excerpt alleging foreign payments
Attorneys for Jared Kushner have demanded that Vanity Fair pull a book excerpt containing allegations about financial transactions, calling the claims false and defamatory.
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Attorneys representing Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, have sent a legal letter to Vanity Fair and its parent company Cond Nast demanding the retraction of an article published on Thursday. The Hill, Yahoo News UK, and TheWrap all reported that the legal team called the published allegations false and defamatory. [1][2][4]
The dispute centers on a book excerpt published by the magazine. JAMnews reported that the article claimed Mr Kushner received $750m from an Azerbaijani bank, while AzerNews reported that the article linked him to secret bank accounts in the Gulf. [5][6]
Former President Donald Trump publicly criticized the publication following the report. Forbes reported that Mr Trump denounced the article as fake news regarding the claims of undisclosed foreign bank accounts. [3]
Lawyers for Mr Kushner formally put the publisher on notice to pull the excerpt from its platform, according to reports by Yahoo News UK and TheWrap. [2][4]
In short
- Attorneys for Jared Kushner sent a legal notice to Vanity Fair and Cond Nast.
- The legal team demanded the removal of a published book excerpt, calling it false and defamatory.
- JAMnews reported the article alleged Mr Kushner received $750m from an Azerbaijani bank.
- Donald Trump criticized Vanity Fair over the published claims.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Kushner’s attorneys send notice to Vanity Fair on alleged “defamatory” excerptThe Hill, 10d ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Jared Kushner’s Lawyer Demands Vanity Fair Pull Book Excerpt Over ‘False and Defamatory Allegations’Yahoo News UK, 10d ago
- [3]Trump Blasts Vanity Fair Over ‘Fake News’ On Jared Kushner’s Alleged Undisclosed Foreign Bank AccountsForbes, 11d ago
- [4]Jared Kushner’s Lawyer Demands Vanity Fair Pull Book Excerpt Over ‘False and Defamatory Allegations’TheWrap, 10d ago
- [5]Vanity Fair: Trump son-in-law received $750m from Azerbaijani bankJAMnews, 11d ago
- [6]Vanity Fair publishes claims linking Kushner to secret Gulf bank accountsAzerNews, 11d ago
Background
- [7]Vanity Fair (novel) on Wikipedia
- [8]List of Chinese spy cases in the United States on Wikipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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