Vanity Fair publishes a report claiming Jared Kushner has $700 million in secret accounts. Now his lawyers are putting the outlet on notice

Chad Mizelle, the lawyer for Jared Kushner, announced on X on Saturday that his client has formally placed Vanity Fair and its owner, Condé Nast, on notice. The notice concerns a published report that the legal team says contains false and defamatory allegations. Mizelle stated that the magazine has not provided supporting documents after repeated requests.

The report in question is an excerpt from the book Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East. Author Matthew Cole, a former Intercept reporter, wrote that Russian security services hacked Kushner’s phone.

According to the excerpt, the material showed secret bank accounts and $700 million in foreign transactions. It further claimed Kushner was a signatory on an account set up by Saudi and Emirati officials.

Attorney seeks clarification on fact-checking and asks for article removal

According to Mediaite, Kushner, who was previously asked to testify under oath, has rejected the account as false and “completely insane.” President Donald Trump, Kushner’s father-in-law, has also described the excerpt as false. The lawyer’s statement focuses on the lack of primary records such as bank statements or wire transfer details to back the claims.

Mizelle shared the formal notice in a post on X. He wrote, “We formally put Vanity Fair and Condé Nast on notice regarding the false and defamatory allegations published about our client, Jared Kushner.” He added that serious questions are now being raised about the credibility of this reporting, including by independent journalists.

The attorney stated that the author has not produced supporting material. He wrote, “Despite repeated requests, the author has failed to produce a single bank statement, wire transfer record, account number, or other verifiable evidence supporting these extraordinary accusations.” Mizelle said there is no sign that Vanity Fair performed its own independent verification before publishing the excerpt.

He then called for a public response from the magazine. Mizelle wrote, “We call on Vanity Fair to clarify publicly whether it independently verified these allegations and, if so, what evidence supports them. Or did it simply republish the author’s claims without conducting its own fact-checking?” The team has demanded that Vanity Fair take the article down and preserve all related records from its reporting, fact-checking, editorial review, and publication process.

Separate questions have come from other news organizations. Axios reporter Barak Ravid noted on X that “There are many things in this book excerpt that was published in Vanity Fair that don’t add up.”

The Jerusalem Post removed its own version of the story on Friday morning after it identified “significant factual questions” about the allegations.