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Aug 19

The envoy, the Gulf money, and the beach. Jared Kushner announced the resort through Affinity Partners, which manages Saudi, Qatari, and Emirati money, while serving as the administration's Middle East envoy. Albanian prosecutors are investigating forged deeds and have frozen the land company's acc...Read more

The envoy, the Gulf money, and the beach. Jared Kushner announced the resort through Affinity Partners, which manages Saudi, Qatari, and Emirati money, while serving as the administration's Middle East envoy. Albanian prosecutors are investigating forged deeds and have frozen the land company's accounts. Garcia and Wyden opened their own investigation in March. https://dekleptocracy.substack.com More at https://dekleptocracy.start.page and the asset freeze at https://www.occrp.org/en/news/albania-freezes-assets-in-kushner-resort-probe Sources https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-members-robert-garcia-and-ron-wyden-investigate-jared-kushner-raising-billions-from-middle-east-governments-while-negotiating-us-foreign-policy https://prospect.org/2026/07/17/how-jared-kushners-luxury-hotel-sparked-protest-movement-albania/ https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2026/07/spak-128m-asset-freeze-kushner-albania-resort-deal/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/20/albania-flamingo-revolution-jared-kushner-sazan-island-resort/

Aug 19

Albania marched for three months. America scrolled. A $4.6 billion Kushner-backed resort on a protected Albanian coastline set off the largest civic mobilization since the fall of communism. Thirty-five consecutive nights by July 5, tear gas and arrests, and a toppled bust of the prime minister. In...Read more

Albania marched for three months. America scrolled. A $4.6 billion Kushner-backed resort on a protected Albanian coastline set off the largest civic mobilization since the fall of communism. Thirty-five consecutive nights by July 5, tear gas and arrests, and a toppled bust of the prime minister. In the same window, Americans read a 927-page disclosure and did nothing. https://dekleptocracy.substack.com More at https://dekleptocracy.start.page and the reporting at https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/20/albania-flamingo-revolution-jared-kushner-sazan-island-resort/ Sources https://prospect.org/2026/07/17/how-jared-kushners-luxury-hotel-sparked-protest-movement-albania/ https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/05/thousands-swarm-the-streets-of-tirana-in-major-pink-flamingo-anti-government-protests https://www.occrp.org/en/news/albania-freezes-assets-in-kushner-resort-probe https://albaniandailynews.com/news/protest-in-tirana-features-toppling-of-edi-rama-bust-as-demonstrators-escalate-symbolic-actions

Aug 19

Weeks apart First the gift, then the exemption. Two senators have asked the Belgian diamond industry in writing whether the ring was a cartoonish bribe to obtain tariff exemptions. A tariff schedule is supposed to be an instrument of national policy, not a price list. https://dekleptocracy.substac...Read more

Weeks apart First the gift, then the exemption. Two senators have asked the Belgian diamond industry in writing whether the ring was a cartoonish bribe to obtain tariff exemptions. A tariff schedule is supposed to be an instrument of national policy, not a price list. https://dekleptocracy.substack.com More reading https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-blumenthal-question-belgian-diamond-giants-was-huge-gold-ring-gifted-to-trump-a-cartoonish-bribe-to-obtain-tariff-exemptions/ https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/american-princelings-1b3

Aug 18

321 diamonds, and a tariff exemption The Antwerp diamond sector gave the president an eighteen karat gold ring set with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds, six rubies and two diamond letter T's. Weeks later the administration exempted European natural diamonds from tariffs. Warren and Blumenth...Read more

321 diamonds, and a tariff exemption The Antwerp diamond sector gave the president an eighteen karat gold ring set with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds, six rubies and two diamond letter T's. Weeks later the administration exempted European natural diamonds from tariffs. Warren and Blumenthal want to know if the two facts are one fact. https://dekleptocracy.substack.com More reading https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-blumenthal-question-belgian-diamond-giants-was-huge-gold-ring-gifted-to-trump-a-cartoonish-bribe-to-obtain-tariff-exemptions/ https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260807/base-group-faces-scrutiny-over-trump-ties-as-aluminum-affiliate-fights-us-tariffs

Aug 18

What 105.8 percent buys A preliminary Commerce ruling would push tariffs on Korea Aluminum's exports to 105.8 percent. Its parent paid the president's family two million dollars for an unannounced golf course. Senators Warren, Blumenthal and Kim opened an inquiry on August 6 into whether the paymen...Read more

What 105.8 percent buys A preliminary Commerce ruling would push tariffs on Korea Aluminum's exports to 105.8 percent. Its parent paid the president's family two million dollars for an unannounced golf course. Senators Warren, Blumenthal and Kim opened an inquiry on August 6 into whether the payment was meant to influence Commerce Department proceedings. https://dekleptocracy.substack.com More reading https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-blumenthal-kim-investigate-korean-conglomerates-2-million-payment-to-trump-company-amid-questions-about-corruption-bribery/ https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260807/base-group-faces-scrutiny-over-trump-ties-as-aluminum-affiliate-fights-us-tariffs