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"Princes and Thieves" Investigative Journalist Matthew Cole New Book
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Investigative journalist Matthew Cole has published a controversial new book alleging that former White House adviser Jared Kushner engaged in secret negotiations and financial arrangements with Saudi and Emirati leaders to reshape the Middle East. According to the reporting, Kushner gained access to covert foreign policy funds and millions in transfers, which were reportedly used for off-the-books operations and to ease the financial burdens surrounding his family's properties. While European intelligence services allegedly uncovered digital evidence of these financial ties through a hacked phone, Kushner and his legal representatives have completely denied all accusations, calling them entirely false and fabricated...
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In late 2017, there were these Dutch intelligence agents and they were running this highly classified cyber operation. Right. They managed to infiltrate a remote military server, right, in Rostov, Russia. Yeah. And the server belonged to the GRU, which is, I mean, that's Russia's primary military intelligence agency. Exactly. And so these European agents, they're quietly monitoring this Russian network, just watching what they do.
But then they stumble across something that, you know, fundamentally just should not have been there at all. Right. They find these live localized screenshots of a personal cell phone. Not just any phone. It belonged to the son-in-law and senior advisor to the president of the United States. Yeah. I mean, it is the kind of discovery that just instantly triggers alarms across the entire Western intelligence apparatus.
Oh, absolutely. Because you're looking at a scenario where a foreign adversary has just completely compromised the digital life of one of the most powerful, unconfirmed diplomats on the entire planet. And the digital footprints captured in those screenshots specifically, where the money
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