Kushner corruption allegations raise scrutiny of EA's $55B buyout consortium

A new book alleges Kushner took $2 billion from Saudi and UAE leaders since 2017. Affinity Partners, Kushner's firm, sits in the consortium that took EA private for $55 billion. The EA buyout cleared US regulatory review before these financial ties became public. Kushner has publicly rejected the allegations as fabricated.

MBS and MBZ allegedly split the $2 billion in payments to Kushner starting in 2017.
One account was presented as funding a UAE government program but served undisclosed diplomatic objectives.
A separate $1 billion allegedly moved via Azerbaijan into an Israeli account for personal use.

US law requires anyone lobbying for a foreign power to register as a foreign agent.
A former Mueller prosecutor said any quid pro quo could trigger bribery and foreign-agent violations.
Neither tie was disclosed when EA's $55 billion buyout passed US regulatory review.

"These are outrageous fabrications being presented as investigative journalism." - Jared Kushner, Founder, Affinity Partners
Kushner says he gave over 30 hours of testimony to congressional and special counsel investigations.
He states no bank records or wire transfers were provided to support the claims.

For Investors & VC: Add co-investor political-exposure screening to diligence on sovereign-backed gaming consortiums.
For Publishers & Developers: Write disclosure warranties and reputational-exit clauses into term sheets with Gulf sovereign-linked capital.