Mueller Investigation Expands to Determine if Kushner’s Foreign Business Dealings Influenced Trump Policy

Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating presidential son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner to determine if any of his foreign business ties have influence Trump administration policy.

NBC News reported Friday that federal investigators are currently focused on whether discussions Kushner had during the transition with foreign businesspeople “later shaped White House policies in ways designed to either benefit or retaliate against those he spoke with.”

Witnesses Mueller and his team spoke with told NBC that the special counsel has recently asked questions related to Kushner’s business ties, specifically with entities in the Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Russia and China.

Four people familiar with the investigation told NBC that “Qatari government officials visiting the U.S. in late January and early February considered turning over to Mueller what they believe is evidence of efforts by their country’s Persian Gulf neighbors in coordination with Kushner to hurt their country.”