Trump Son-in-Laws Companies Under Investigation for Use of EB-5 Program

Jesse Drucker and Adam Goldman for the New York Times reports on a high profile immigration investigation. Federal prosecutors are investigating Kushner Companies, the real estate firm owned by the family of Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, over its use of a visa program focusing on foreign investors.

The authorities, in part, reportedly are looking into the role of Mr. Kushner’s sister, Nicole Meyer.

The investigation centers on the real estate company’s use of the so-called EB-5 program, which offers visas to foreigners in exchange for a $500,000 investment.

At a marketing event in May, Ms. Meyer promoted the company’s connections to the Trump administration as she courted Chinese investors for a pair of luxury apartment towers being built by the Kushner Companies in New Jersey. The project “means a lot to me and my entire family,” she told prospective investors at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Beijing.

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