Jared Kushner releases lengthy fact check against New Yorker story on his dollar diplomacy tells The Post, People can judge for themselves

WASHINGTON —  US special envoy Jared Kushner Thursday issued a lengthy “fact check” to a New Yorker piece that takes up “familiar accusations” linking his diplomatic efforts in the Trump administration to his own private equity firm’s bottom line. “For years, I let the stories go unanswered,” Kushner told The Post of why he spoke up now against the “Dollar Diplomacy” story.“I focused on my work, but when false claims get repeated enough, people start believing them. “I decided to put the facts out there and let people judge for themselves.”In an Oct.

8 post on his personal website, Kushner excoriated the New Yorker for having “failed to correct their preferred narrative” in the piece — despite the nearly 5,000-word article going through the magazine’s “storied fact checking process.”The Affinity Partners CEO’s 14-point fact check begins by addressing allegations he raised $5 billion earlier this year for his private equity fund while helping negotiate on behalf of the Trump administration in the Middle East — something that would appear to be an obvious conflict of interest.“The instant the actions in Iran began and I was asked to extend my volunteer role, I ended all conversations about additional fundraising,” Kushner said.“Preliminary conversations about a possible future fund are not the same thing as raising a fund, yet the article stated that I was ‘discreetly raising another five billion dollars’ while engaged in talks with Iran.That sentence was beyond misleading,” he added, noting: “while I have been volunteering for the government, Affinity has not raised additional capital.”Kushner also wrote: “I have never taken a diplomatic action to benefit Affinity, myself, or any investor.”“Everyone’s looking for conspiracies,” the New Jersey-born real estate scion told The Post, “but maybe the truth is just hiding in plain sight.” Kushner explained that his upbringing and watching the turmo...