NYT: The Other Kushner Brother’s Big Bet

NYT: The Other Kushner Brother’s Big Bet

By KATIE BENNER JAN. 13, 2017 Just days after the 2016 presidential election, a young venture capitalist called an emergency staff meeting. Prepare for a storm of publicity, he told one of the start-ups that he had helped found. There would be questions about his political affiliations and loyalties, he said. There would be questions about the […]

Wired: Trump’s Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won’t Avoid a Thing

Wired: Trump’s Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won’t Avoid a Thing

EMMA GREY ELLIS BUSINESS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 01.11.17. 7:09 PM.  PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP campaigned on his business acumen. His image as a hyper-successful, tough-talking real estate mogul is crucial to his appeal—whether it’s true or not. Still, concerns that Trump’s sprawling network of business entanglements creates an equally expansive web of conflicts of interest have dogged […]