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Dutch intelligence services allegedly hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone, accessing his use of a sleazy Middle Eastern slush fund and watching him use it to conduct official government business. The Dutch learned that a Russian intelligence agency had broken into Kushner's iPhone in 2017, so they borrowed the trick and started watching for themselves. The allegations have sparked controversy and raised questions about Kushner's use of personal cell phones and private email accounts for official business, as well as the oversight of foreign leaders and officials in the management of these accounts.
Jared Kushner allegedly used a private email account to communicate with foreign leaders and officials, including receiving top-secret intelligence without a permanent security clearance. The Dutch intelligence services obtained access to Kushner's iPhone and watched him use a Middle Eastern slush fund. Dutch intelligence personnel monitored Kushner's phone and identified him logging into a Dubai-based bank account with $750 million. Kushner and UAE leader MBZ partly managed the account as a slush fund for off-the-books diplomatic objectives. MBS contributed $1 billion to an Israeli Central Bank account, Beta, allegedly for Kushner's personal benefit. Netanyahu recommended Kushner use the Israeli Central Bank in the first place. failing to disclose the accounts may have violated federal ethics and tax rules.
Jared Kushner, a high-ranking official in the Trump administration, has been accused of using a personal cell phone to conduct official government business, including receiving top-secret intelligence without a permanent security clearance. According to a report by Matthew Cole, Kushner allegedly used a private email account, allegedly routed to Trump Org servers, to communicate with foreign leaders and officials. The Dutch intelligence services, who had previously hacked into the iPhone of a Russian spy, allegedly obtained access to Kushner's iPhone and watched him use the sleazy Middle Eastern slush fund.
The Dutch learned that a Russian intelligence agency had broken into Kushner's iPhone in 2017, so they borrowed the trick and started watching for themselves. By the end of the year, the Dutch spies were able to reverse-engineer the original method the GRU used to penetrate the phone's then-state-of-the-art security. This gave them access to a continual image feed (albeit without audio) of the phone's screen.
In early 2018, Dutch intelligence personnel began monitoring Kushner's phone and identified him logging into a Dubai-based bank account that had received around $750 million. This account, known as the Alpha account, belonged to the United Arab Emirates-based (and government-funded) Watani Al Emarat Foundation, and was held at the First Abu Dhabi Bank. That bank is, in turn, chaired by the brother of UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed (MBZ).
Cole reported that Kushner and MBZ partly managed the account as a slush fund, or what a source described to him as “a shared pool of money for off-the-books diplomatic objectives.” And that MBZ and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) contributed the money. The royals had originally discussed putting more than $10 billion into a broader fund that could have helped pay for Trump’s border wall “in an effort to secure a second term in the White House,” but that plan fizzled out, so they settled on lesser Kushner-facilitated schemes.
Cole also learned of another account, which unlike Alpha may not have been known to the Dutch. MBZ allegedly transferred about $1 billion to a separate Israeli Central Bank account, Beta, that one source characterized as an allocation “for Kushner’s personal benefit.” According to Cole, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu recommended Kushner use the Israeli Central Bank in the first place. This situation ended up with Kushner being required to notify Netanyahu before using the Beta account for any transfers or transactions.
If true, that effectively means the leader of a foreign country had oversight of a billion dollars meant for Kushner. Kushner allegedly sent notices of any account activity to Netanyahu via the U.S. ambassador to Israel, David M. Friedman. The money allegedly went through convoluted trails, including Azerbaijani banks that provide “well-established but unadvertised” services moving large amounts of money. Kushner also allegedly helped negotiate a deal involving a third payment, in which the UAE effectively bought a promise of Israeli military support against any Iranian attack on the UAE.
All told, MBZ and MBS allegedly transferred at least $2 billion into accounts intended for Kushner’s use, whether it was striking international deals or “personal benefit.” Cole argued that failing to disclose the accounts may have violated federal ethics and tax rules. A former Mueller prosecutor told Cole that if Kushner made any promises in exchange for the money, it might be a violation of federal bribery laws and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Two of Trump’s national security advisers, a chief of staff and a former CIA director told Cole that they were unaware of any presidential authorization that would let Kushner access a foreign government’s bank accounts.
Counsel for Kushner denied the accusations to Cole, saying he has “no idea” about the Israeli bank account and “there are no accounts and never were.” They also denied that Kushner had ever entered any agreements with foreign leaders or officials that were not “agreed to by the President of the United States and in the best interests of the United States.”
Related Information:
https://www.ethicalhackingnews.com/articles/Dutch-Spies-Allegedly-Hacked-Jared-Kushners-iPhone-Accessing-His-Sleazy-Middle-Eastern-Slush-Fund-ehn.shtml
https://gizmodo.com/report-dutch-spies-hacked-jared-kushners-iphone-watched-him-use-sleazy-middle-eastern-slush-fund-2000829742
https://www.newsweek.com/kushner-rebukes-completely-insane-report-over-hacked-phone-secret-talks-12608268
Published: Thu Oct 22 23:58:32 2026 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
