Federal US prosecutors have subpoenaed the Kushner companies for information after it was reported the company filed dozens of false documents about its buildings in New York City.
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The real estate company issued a statement on Thursday saying it has "nothing to hide and is cooperating fully with all legitimate requests for information, including this subpoena".
The statement said the federal subpoena came last month, a day after Associated Press reported the Kushner Cos. routinely filed false paperwork stating it had zero rent-regulated tenants in buildings across the city when, in fact, it had hundreds.
The AP report covered a three-year period when the company was run by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and now senior adviser.
Tenant advocates say such false filings allow landlords to avoid heightened city oversight designed to keep lower-paying, rent-regulated tenants from being harassed during construction and pressured to leave, freeing up apartments for higher-paying residents.
Kushner Cos. told the AP at the time of its report that the company outsources preparation of construction permit applications and fixes any mistakes immediately. Records show the company did file some amended documents, often more than a year later.
The AP report, based on work by nonprofit watchdog Housing Rights Initiative, has sparked an inquiry by the New York state attorney general's office and a city council investigation.
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