Kushner Companies insist Jared and Trumps not involved in China project
New York — Charles and Murray Kushner have been called the Cain and Abel of New Jersey real estate, feuding publicly for more than a decade through competing property empires. One thing now unites the brothers: both have had projects promoted to Chinese investors by playing the White House card. Charles is the father of Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. His prolonged quarrel with Murray has sparked fraud allegations, newspaper comparisons to biblical fury, lawsuits and a revenge plot that landed Charles in prison. Yet early this month, a Jersey City apartment project being developed by Murray’s company, the KRE Group, was pitched to investors in China with a promotion that includes images of Jared, his wife Ivanka Trump and the president. "Work hand-in-hand with Trump son-in-law Kushner," said the pitch, which hasn’t previously been reported. It told investors that by putting $500,000 in the planned apartment tower at 235 Grand Street, they co...
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