Trump Son-in-Law's Hacked Phone Reveals Private Dealings With Saudi Arabia and UAE; His Response

A report published by Vanity Fair has made allegations about Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former senior White House adviser, claiming that Dutch intelligence operatives monitored his phone and uncovered purported financial arrangements involving influential figures from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel. Kushner has strongly rejected the allegations, describing them as fabricated and insisting that no evidence supports the claims.

The report draws on an excerpt from Matthew Cole’s forthcoming book, Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East. According to the account, Dutch spies allegedly monitored Kushner’s iPhone during Trump’s first administration and observed activity involving a UAE-linked bank account that had reportedly received hundreds of millions of dollars from a bank in Azerbaijan.

The report claims that nearly $750 million was transferred to an account at First Abu Dhabi Bank associated with the Watani Al Emarat Foundation, a charity funded by the UAE government. Kushner was allegedly listed as a signatory on the account, giving him access to it, although he was not its owner. The account was reportedly overseen by Tahnoon bin Zayed, the bank’s chairman and brother of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

According to Vanity Fair, UAE and Saudi Arabian leaders had explored the possibility of establishing a fund to support the Trump administration’s foreign policy objectives. Although the proposed arrangement reportedly did not proceed as initially envisioned, the report alleges that the two Gulf leaders subsequently placed at least $2 billion into two accounts connected to Kushner.

The publication also describes an alleged $1 billion transfer intended for Kushner’s personal benefit. It claims that Mohamed bin Zayed facilitated the arrangement and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged Kushner to have the money deposited in Israel. Communications concerning the alleged transactions were reportedly conducted through David Friedman, who served as the US ambassador to Israel during Trump’s first term.

Kushner has categorically denied the allegations, calling them outrageous fabrications and criticising the author for presenting what he described as unsupported accusations as investigative journalism. In a post on X, he said that the claims lacked verifiable evidence, including bank statements, wire-transfer records, account numbers and transaction dates. He also pointed to the extensive scrutiny he faced during Trump’s first presidency, including media investigations, congressional inquiries and a special counsel investigation. Kushner said he voluntarily provided more than 30 hours of testimony and maintained that the alleged transactions never took place.

Chad Mizelle, also rejected the report, describing the accusations as false and defamatory. Mizelle said the alleged bank accounts did not exist and indicated that legal action remained a possibility when asked about the prospect of a lawsuit on social media. Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, served as a senior adviser during the president’s first administration and played a role in several Middle East diplomatic initiatives. He has again become involved in the administration’s diplomatic efforts, working alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff on peacemaking initiatives.

The allegations have drawn attention to questions surrounding the relationship between private financial interests, foreign governments and public responsibilities. However, the claims in the report have not been established as proven wrongdoing, and Kushner and his legal team have firmly disputed them. The dispute now centres on the credibility of the reporting and whether verifiable evidence will emerge to substantiate the allegations.

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