Mueller is reportedly investigating Jared Kushner’s efforts to seek foreign financing for his family’s business

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• Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating contacts between White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and foreign investors during the transition period, CNN reported.
• In particular, Mueller is investigating Kushner’s interactions with a Chinese government-linked company that was close to investing in the Kushner family’s real-estate property at 666 Fifth Avenue.
• The new focus beyond Russia, and on the finances of President Donald Trump’s family members, may cross a red line for Trump.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is investigating efforts by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner to raise foreign financing for his family’s company’s real-estate project during the presidential transition, CNN reported Monday.

Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has faced intense scrutiny over his attendance at a Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer during the campaign; his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US and the CEO of a sanctioned Russian bank during the transition; and irregularities with his application for security clearance. 

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