A newly published investigative book reveals that Dutch intelligence services monitored communications involving Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and key advisor, during the transition period leading into the 2016 presidency.

According to details surfaced in the publication, Dutch intelligence operations intercepted phone traffic as part of broader surveillance monitoring foreign diplomatic exchanges and contacts between incoming administration officials and foreign counterparts. The operation reportedly involved Dutch intelligence agencies tracking high-level geopolitical dialogues during a critical phase of the presidential transition.

The disclosures offer rare insight into how allied intelligence networks observe sensitive international backchannels, underscoring the complex overlap between domestic transition politics and foreign counterintelligence monitoring.