Ex-Goldman Banker Was Told Kushner Would Stop 1MDB Probe

Tim Leissner testified Jho Low said he met Trump’s son-in-law
Leissner said he doesn’t know if Low was telling the truth

Tim Leissner departs federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Feb. 15.Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg

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By Patricia Hurtado and Chris Dolmetsch

March 1, 2022 at 4:36 PM UTC

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March 1, 2022 at 8:07 PM UTC

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Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Tim Leissner said that Malaysian financier Jho Low claimed to have a “dialogue” with Jared Kushner and others in then-President Donald Trump’s inner circle to shut down the U.S. investigation of the 1MDB scandal.

Testifying in the trial of his former Goldman colleague Roger Ng, Leissner said Tuesday that he met with Low in Hong Kong after Ng’s 2017 arrest in Singapore. According to Leissner, Low said he had discussed the matter with Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, and had support for a “global settlement” by which Ng, Low and Leissner would avoid criminal charges over 1MDB.