India, Oct. 25 -- Jared Kushner has demanded that Vanity Fair remove an article excerpting allegations from investigative journalist Matthew Cole's forthcoming book Princes and Thieves. He called the claims "categorically false" and warned they the magazine of potential legal action.

Kushner's lawyers sent a formal demand letter to Conde Nast on October 23, arguing that the publication republished defamatory allegations despite receiving detailed written denials before publication.

The letter, signed by attorneys Thomas A. Clare and Eric D. Hageman of Clare Locke LLP, stated that the October 22 Vanity Fair excerpt accuses Kushner of secretly receiving billions of dollars from the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ...