House Judiciary Democrats Widen Their Kushner Probe to a $120 Million Albanian Land Deal Bought From a Suspected Drug Trafficker — and Raskin Tells the President’s Son-in-Law He Started "Another Fraud-Related International Incident All by Yourself"
On Monday, August 24, 2026, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sent Jared Kushner a letter expanding the committee's investigation into Kushner's foreign business dealings to cover his purchase of more than $120 million of disputed coastal land in Albania for a luxury resort. The seller, Arthur Shehu, is a suspected criminal with a history of drug trafficking; the Albanian government has alleged he used fraudulent documents and forged Ottoman-era land records to claim ownership of large stretches of coastline. Democrats say Kushner bought anyway, after being warned the seller did not own the property, while pursuing a project that has drawn extraordinary concessions from the Albanian government and mass protests inside Albania. Raskin opened the letter by noting Kushner had not responded to the committee's earlier demand for records about his simultaneous work as a U.S. foreign policy official — he is the administration's Middle East envoy and a lead negotiator on the Iran war — and as a private investor funded by foreign governments. The expanded probe asks whether Kushner's conduct warrants scrutiny under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and whether federal bribery, conflict-of-interest and foreign-agent statutes need to be rewritten. Records are due September 7, 2026. The White House dismissed the demand. Spokeswoman Anna Kelly called it "the same, tired narrative" Democrats have pushed for a decade, and the administration has consistently described Kushner — who holds no Senate-confirmed post — as a volunteer whose private business is separate from his diplomacy.
“This is the same, tired narrative that Democrats have pushed against President Trump, his family, and his administration for a decade.”