US senator calls for probe into promotion of Kushner Co's deal
He seeks review of 'green card offers' by Chinese, US agencies in marketing of project to China investors
Shanghai
THE chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee has called for an investigation into "potentially fraudulent statements and misrepresentations" made by companies promoting investment in a property development involving the family company of White House adviser Jared Kushner.
Citing a May 12 report by Reuters, Chuck Grassley, a Republican senator from Iowa, requested a review of claims made by Chinese migration agency Qiaowai and the US Immigration Fund (USIF) in the marketing of the One Journal Square project in Jersey City, New Jersey to potential investors in China.
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