TRUMP CORRUPTION INDEX
This Week in Trumpland Corruption: Good Ol’ Political Connections
Kushner Companies got a sweet deal, and so have wealthy Latin American elites looking to circumvent the immigration system
Is there enough graft, double-dealing, and self-interested chicanery in the Trump administration to publish this column every week? Only time — and Trump — will tell. (But we feel pretty confident.) Presenting this week’s installment of the Trump Corruption Index.
The art of the deal (for your son-in-law’s business)
Kushner Companies’ properties have a history of underperforming, and yet the company received an incredibly sweet deal from the government-backed lender Freddie Mac last year, according to a new ProPublica and WNYC investigation. While the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was not involved in the deal, his sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, was. The family company received an almost record-breaking loan under uncommonly favorable terms, including being able “to make lower monthly payments and borrow more money than was typical for similar loans,” the investigation reads. If the company defaults, U.S. taxpayers could foot most of the nearly $850 million in Freddie Mac…
