Saudi officials identified Jared Kushner as a key target to woo even before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman struck up a friendship with President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, according to reports.

The relationship between Kushner and Crown Prince Mohammed has endured with protocol-bending private communications, even after Saudi agents killed Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October, the New York Times reports.

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