Saudi Crown Prince holds first-ever meeting with Jewish leaders

Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Riyadh Christopher Henzel

Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Riyadh Christopher Henzel

Bin Salman denied reports that when he and Kushner - who is also Donald Trump's son-in-law - met in Riyadh in October, he had sought or received a greenlight from Kushner for the massive crackdown on alleged corruption which led to widespread arrests in the kingdom shortly afterwards.

Starting with President Donald Trump, MbS, as he is known, has since gone on to meet other important politicians in Washington, including influential members of Congress and a number of Trump Cabinet officials.

Saudi Arabia enforces an austere interpretation of Sunni Islam, but Prince Mohammed has said he wants to ease the country toward "moderate Islam, open to the world and all religions".

Six House Democrats wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray following a report in The Intercept that stated Mohammad bin Salman told confidantes that he discussed with Kushner certain Saudi leaders who are disloyal to the crown.

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The letter notes that the "integrity of classified information" falls within the purview of the Federal Bureau of Investigation but that "while the President has the authority to declassify and share information, the President's advisers do not".

The letter said Kushner may have shared information in the President's Daily Brief (PDB) on which Saudi royals United States intelligence agencies "deemed to be loyal" to bin Salman when he visited the capital Riyadh a year ago.

The six Democratic lawmakers who reached out to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the story said that Kushner may have violated the law, if he "leaked classified information to a foreign power".

When asked for comment by The Intercept about Kushner's ties to Salman, the White House referred the publication to Kushner's personal lawyer, Abbe Lowell. According to that report, Mohammed bragged that Kushner was "in his pocket". Early in Trump's presidency, Kushner correctly viewed MBS was ascendant, a view validated when the prince's 82-year-old father, King Salman, handed over some power to the prince.

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