Vanity Fair stays mum despite facing lawsuit over explosive article claiming Jared Kushner oversaw secret Saudi, UAE slush fund

Vanity Fair was tight-lipped Monday on its decision to publish an inflammatory book excerpt accusing President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner of overseeing secret bank accounts funded by Middle Eastern leaders to the tune of at least $2 billion — as questions about the piece’s accuracy and credibility mounted.The mag was silent despite Kushner lawyer Chad Mizelle’s demand that it take down the excerpt from journo Matthew Cole’s new book “Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East.”“We formally put Vanity Fair and Condé Nast on notice regarding the false and defamatory allegations published about our client, Jared Kushner,” Mizelle, a former Justice Department chief of staff, wrote on X Saturday.“Serious questions are now being raised about the credibility of this reporting, including by independent journalists,” he added.“Despite repeated requests, the author has failed to produce a single bank statement, wire transfer record, account number, or other verifiable evidence supporting these extraordinary accusations.”Vanity Fair never reached out to Kushner to fact-check the article or even ask him for comment before publishing the piece last Thursday, according to sources close to him.A Vanity Fair rep failed to answer a Post inquiry Monday asking why it didn’t reach out to Kushner or whether it did its own fact-checking of the piece — or simply relied on the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster.Meanwhile, Kushner is expected to sue both Simon & Schuster and Cole as early as this week, with a potential suit against Vanity Fair to follow.Simon & Schuster released Cole’s book on Sunday — two days ahead of the originally scheduled release date.In a Thursday letter to Vanity Fair and its parent Condé Nast, Kushner’s attorneys at Clare Locke LLP called the article “defamatory,” adding that the allegations against their client are “false” and “outrageous.�...