Jared Kushner made a deal with Russia for ventilators during the COVID crisis, but every single machine was faulty, report claims

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• Jared Kusher facilitated the delivery of 45 ventilators from Russia to the US around late March, two officials told the Daily Beast.
• Those ventilators turned out to be faulty, and were cast aside, local officials said.
• The Beast report said that national security officials — and New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo — were surprised to see supplies arriving from Russia.
• According to the Beast, Kushner hurried the order along via a personal relationship with the CEO of a Russian sovereign wealth fund currently under US sanctions.
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Jared Kushner brokered a deal with the Russia for 45 ventilators to be brought to the US to help with the coronavirus crisis, all of which turned out to be faulty, according to a new report.

Two senior Trump administration officials told the Daily Beast that Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, helped secure an equipment order which included the ventilators.

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