The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers

Raw Story reports that, according to Cole, by early 2018 the Dutch had cracked the device themselves and could watch Kushner's screen in real time.[1] In Vanity Fair's account, the spies saw him log in to a UAE bank account that had received hundreds of millions of dollars from a bank in Azerbaijan.[3]Vanity Fair says the account was held at First Abu Dhabi Bank, the largest in the UAE[3]. According to the excerpt, "Beginning in 2017, the Saudis and Emiratis transferred roughly $750 million"[3] into it. Newsweek reports that, according to the excerpt, Kushner was allegedly a signatory on the account, giving him access to it, but was not its owner[4].Newsweek says the article also alleges that a separate account in Israel received roughly $1 billion intended for Kushner's personal benefit.[4]Writing on X, Kushner said the author "failed to provide a single shred of evidence to substantiate any of them."[2] Newsweek reports that former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman called the allegations about his role "100% false."[4]Mediaite reports that Axios's Barak Ravid said "two are extremely questionable"[2] among the things in the excerpt that he said "don't add up."Raw Story reports that former Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman called it a "bananas story."[1]