US officials 'briefed Jared Kushner on concerns about Wendi Deng Murdoch'

Murdoch denies any knowledge of Chinese-funded garden project for which she is alleged to have been lobbying

Early in 2017 US officials urged Kushner, who is a senior adviser to the US president, to exercise caution around Murdoch, . Murdoch is a close friend of Kushner’s wife, Ivanka Trump.

Concerns were raised by US officials about a counter-intelligence assessment that Murdoch was lobbying for a high-profile construction project in Washington funded by the Chinese government, anonymous sources told the US paper.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/16/us-officials-briefed-jared-kushner-on-concerns-about-wendi-deng-murdoch