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Joe Borelli is an American political consultant and commentator. He is a managing director at Chartwell Strategy Group and previously served in the New York State Assembly and as minority leader of the New York City Council.
DI has documented statements by Joe Borelli on Government Ethics, Government Transparency, and Israel. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Political commentator on CNN's Table for Five
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Borelli defended Kushner by arguing that Affinity's indirect defense investments were a small part of a large portfolio. He challenged the inference that those holdings established improper influence.
“small part”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Borelli disputes the conflict inference from Affinity's indirect defense investments - sourceOctober 3 article, reproduced Joe Borelli exchange and paragraph describing his 'small part' defense
Why we used this label
The reference point is the conflict between Kushner's investment ties and diplomatic role. Borelli defends him by disputing the significance of the indirect holdings.
Congressional Democrats and ethics groups say Jared Kushner's investment firm, Affinity Partners, conflicts with his role in Middle East negotiations. Kushner, his lawyers and the White House dispute that. CNN found no indication his diplomacy directly affected the investments it reviewed.
