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A SoftBank subsidiary, whose CEO has deep ties to the Saudi govt & Crown Prince MBS, lent $57M to Jared Kushner's family business for its troubled Jersey City project in Oct 2017, the SAME month Jared took an unannounced trip to Riyadh & divulged classified intel to MBS.
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Oct 25, 2017: Jared Kushner left DC via commercial airline for an unannounced visit with Saudi Crown Prince MBS, catching intelligence officials off guard. “The two princes stayed up until nearly 4 am.” A week later, MBS launched his royal "purge."
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Oct 2017: The same month Jared Kushner shared classified intel with Saudi Crown Prince MBS on his unannounced trip to Riyadh, FORTRESS, a subsidiary of Saudi-linked SoftBank, lent $57M to Kushner companies for its long-delayed Jersey City project.
#Maddow bit.ly/2yKs4yQ
Oct 15, 2018: SoftBank's ties to Saudi make investors nervous. Masayoshi Son, founder & CEO of SoftBank [lent $57M to Kushner Cos], used Saudi's oil riches to become one of the world's most powerful tech investors and has strong ties to Prince MBS.
#Maddow cnn.it/2CKYw8E
Dec 2016: Masayoshi Son, founder & CEO of Saudi-linked SoftBank, visits Trump at Trump Towers
Feb 2017: SoftBank purchases Fortress Investment Group
Oct 2017: SoftBank/Fortress loans Kushner Cos $57M [Jared shares intel with Saudi Crown Prince MBS]
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Jared Kushner, whose family business got a $57M loan from Saudi-backed SoftBank, is "deeply, deeply involved" in the White House response to Khashoggi’s murder and has had direct phone calls with Crown Prince MBS, who says Jared is in his pocket.
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💣Complicit💣

Let this sink in...

Kush urged Trump to stand by MBS, & argued that outrage over Khashoggi’s brutal murder “will pass, like the kidnapping of Lebanon’s PM & the killing of a busload of children by a Saudi airstrike.

📌WH had TS SIGINT in advance of killing.
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📌The first last year & the second earlier in 2018”

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CT: “Trump (and some adult family) negotiated a deal with the Saudis and the Emiratis for 3.6 billion to get rid of Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions. The payment was made in two installments. The first last year and the second earlier in 2018”

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