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Kushner Denies $2 Billion Secret Accounts Allegations

By Drooid · Oct 26, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC · How we work

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Kushner Denies Secret Accounts

Jared Kushner (former U.S. adviser) denied controlling secret overseas accounts alleged to hold $2 billion.
The allegations are detailed in author Matthew Cole’s book “Princes and Thieves,” excerpted by Vanity Fair on October 22, 2026.
Cole claims Dutch intelligence hacked Kushner’s 2018 iPhone and captured screenshots of “Alpha” and “Beta” accounts.
Kushner’s lawyer Chad Mizelle said the claims are false and no such accounts exist.

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Kushner Joins Iran Talks

White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly called the Vanity Fair excerpt “baseless smears” on X.
Kushner joined special envoy Steve Witkoff in indirect Iran negotiations mediated by Oman in February 2026.
He is scheduled to travel with Vice President JD Vance and Witkoff to Pakistan in April 2026.

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Historical Context

After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released 11.5 million Panama Papers documents in April 2016—exposing 214,488 offshore entities tied to Mossack Fonseca and prompting global AML reforms—political scrutiny of hidden accounts intensified. The October 22 2026 Vanity Fair excerpt alleging former adviser Jared Kushner’s secret “Alpha” and “Beta” accounts therefore echoes the leak’s legacy of congressional investigations and tighter offshore-finance oversight.

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Kushner Denies Secret Accounts

Jared Kushner (former U.S. adviser) denied controlling secret overseas accounts alleged to hold $2 billion.
The allegations are detailed in author Matthew Cole’s book “Princes and Thieves,” excerpted by Vanity Fair on October 22, 2026.
Cole claims Dutch intelligence hacked Kushner’s 2018 iPhone and captured screenshots of “Alpha” and “Beta” accounts.
Kushner’s lawyer Chad Mizelle said the claims are false and no such accounts exist.

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