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Report: Kushner Urged Administration to Inflate Saudi Arms Deals

HeadlineNov 27, 2018

ABC News is reporting that Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner urged the White House to inflate the numbers of a possible arms deal with Saudi Arabia in order to strengthen the image of the two countries’ alliance. Kushner allegedly pushed for the administration last year to use the number of $110 billion in possible arms sales rather than the $15 billion figure officials believed was more accurate.

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