Kushner Cos. Confirms Federal Subpoenas: 'Nothing to Hide'
The family real estate company previously run by President Trump's son-in-law is being looked at over reports it filed false housing paperwork in New York City.
April 20, 2018 at 04:06 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP
In a statement, Kushner Cos., the family real estate company previously run by President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, acknowledged it has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York over reports it mishandled rent-protected units in numerous properties.
In the statement, a company spokeswoman said it had “nothing to hide and is cooperating fully with all legitimate requests for information, including this subpoena.”
“We believe that this subpoena, which has already been complied with, was issued based solely on an article that appeared in the press the day before it was issued,” the spokeswoman said.
In March, The Associated Press published an investigative report that found Kushner Cos. declared it had no rent-regulated tenants in dozens of its New York City buildings when it filed construction permits with the city. In truth, the buildings contained hundreds of such units, the AP found.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal first reported the company had received subpoenas from federal prosecutors. It was noted that the AP's report had raised the government's interest. The subpoenas seek information about third parties hired by Kushner Cos. that the company claimed were responsible for filing errors, according to the Journal.
The president's son-in-law was at the helm of Kushner Cos. during the time period covered by the AP's reporting, yet the news organization found none of the documentation at issue bore Kushner's signature. Kushner stepped down as the company's CEO shortly before Trump was inaugurated.
A spokesman for the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office said he could neither confirm nor deny any investigation.
Federal prosecutors aren't the only ones looking into the matters raised by the AP's report. A spokesman for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office confirmed the attorney general is also looking into the same actions by the company.
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