Kushner Cos. has said it’s cooperating with inquiries.
Special Counsel
While the U.S. special counsel works in secret and has a broad mandate, he hasn’t brought any tax charges. As part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, Mueller has charged four Trump associates, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Manafort is accused of money laundering and hiding his political consulting work for Ukrainian political leaders. The indictment also alleges that he didn’t report income on his tax returns, but it doesn’t charge him with evasion or filing false returns. He denies wrongdoing.
Kushner Cos. was embroiled in a criminal tax case more than a decade ago. Jared Kushner’s father, Charles, pleaded guilty in 2004 to lying about political donations, cheating on his taxes and witness intimidation after arranging a videotape of a brother-in-law having sex with a prostitute.
Four years later, another top company executive was convicted of conspiracy and aiding the filing of false partnership tax returns. Prosecutors accused him of creating false returns by illegally claiming $6 million in deductions for charitable and political contributions, capital expenditures and gift and entertainment expenses. In all, seven people were convicted of tax charges in the scheme. Kushner Cos. wasn’t accused of wrongdoing.
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