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Attorney Demands Vanity Fair Remove Kushner Foreign-Account Excerpt

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC · How we work

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Chad Mizelle Demands Removal

Attorney Chad Mizelle demanded that Vanity Fair and Condé Nast remove a book excerpt alleging Jared Kushner accessed foreign accounts.
The excerpt alleges Kushner could access roughly $2 billion in UAE-linked accounts, including a $750 million signatory account.
Kushner denied the claims on X, calling them “completely insane” and “never happened.”
Mizelle’s October 23 letter ordered Vanity Fair to preserve all editorial records and warned of legal risk.

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Kushner iPhone Hacked

Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) hacked Jared Kushner’s iPhone in 2018.
The hack followed a Russian spy captured in the UK who offered assistance to Dutch agents.
MIVD obtained screenshots showing Kushner logging into a First Abu Dhabi Bank account.
A Beta account allegedly transferred $1 billion through Azerbaijan to Israel’s Central Bank.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued to block Kushner’s foreign-policy role without Senate confirmation.

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Historical Context

The 1972 Watergate break-in, orchestrated by members of President Richard Nixon’s re-election committee, triggered a constitutional crisis that ended with Nixon’s resignation. The Washington Post’s team, led by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, published 18 stories, and Senate hearings attracted 90 percent viewership. Today's lawsuits against Jared Kushner and the Dutch MIVD’s alleged iPhone hack echo Watergate’s clash between powerful officials, media exposés, and congressional oversight. The precedent set by Nixon’s resignation warns that unchecked foreign-financial entanglements can precipitate legal bans, media injunctions, and lasting reforms of executive accountability.

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Chad Mizelle Demands Removal

Attorney Chad Mizelle demanded that Vanity Fair and Condé Nast remove a book excerpt alleging Jared Kushner accessed foreign accounts.
The excerpt alleges Kushner could access roughly $2 billion in UAE-linked accounts, including a $750 million signatory account.
Kushner denied the claims on X, calling them “completely insane” and “never happened.”
Mizelle’s October 23 letter ordered Vanity Fair to preserve all editorial records and warned of legal risk.

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