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U.S. NEWS Saturday 15 June 2019

In this Sept. 2, 2006 file photo, “The Man,” a stick figured symbol
of the Burning Man art festival, is silhouetted against a morning
sunrise in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
Associated Press
Agency recommends

current 80K attendance

cap at Burning Man Jared Kushner, right, and Ivanka Trump, second right, watch from a window before a ceremonial
welcome in the garden of Buckingham Palace in London for President Donald Trump and first lady
Melania Trump, Monday, June 3, 2019 on the opening day of a three day state visit to Britain.
Associated Press
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner took

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management
is recommending attendance be capped at existing lev- in as much as $135M last year
els for the next 10 years at the annual Burning Man coun-
ter-culture festival in the desert 100 miles (160 kilometers) By BERNARD CONDON shows that he took in hun- generated as much as $6
north of Reno. Associated Press dreds of thousands of dol- million in rent. Former and
Burning Man organizers had proposed raising the current NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka lars from his holdings of current tenants in the build-
80,000 limit as high as 100,000 in coming years. Trump and Jared Kushner New York City apartments ing have filed a suit against
But the BLM said in releasing the final environmental im- took in as much as $135 and that he owns a stake in the Kushner Cos. alleging it
pact statement on Friday its preferred alternative for million in revenue during the real estate investment used noisy, dusty construc-
the proposed 10-year renewal of Burning Man’s special their second year as aides firm Cadre worth at least tion to make living con-
recreation would stick with the cap that’s been in place to President Donald Trump, $25 million. ditions unbearable in an
since 2017. generated from their vast The disclosures released by effort to push them out so
The agency said it would work with event organizers to real estate holdings, stocks the White House and filed their apartments could be
address environmental and security concerns, but it’s not and bonds and even a with the U.S. Office of Gov- sold. The Kushner Cos. has
advocating at this time any of the changes proposed in book deal, according to ernment Ethics shows mini- said the suit is without merit.
the draft environmental impact statement, including a their financial disclosures mum revenue for the cou- Kushner lawyer Abbe Low-
ban on dumpsters or new security barriers. released Friday. ple of $28 million last year. ell did not immediately
The federal agency may, however, hire a private security Ivanka Trump’s stake in her The disclosures that must respond to an email and
firm this year to conduct drug screenings. Or, it might wait family’s Washington D.C. be filed by federal govern- phone message seeking
until 2020, BLM spokesman Rudy Evenson told the Reno hotel down the street from ment officials show both as- comment.
Gazette Journal on Friday. the Oval Office generated sets and debts compiled in Kushner appears to have
“The BLM and cooperating agencies could not support $3.95 million in revenue in broad ranges between low cut his debt. He had loans
the event growing. The city of Reno, Nevada Depart- 2018, barely changed from and high estimates, mak- and lines of credit worth at
ment of Transportation, Nevada Highway Patrol as well a year earlier. The hotel, ing it difficult to precisely least $27 million at the end
as the Bureau of Land Management could not support a favorite gathering spot chart the rise and fall of the of last year, down from a
the growth particularly because there are other events for foreign diplomats and financial portfolios. minimum value of $40 mil-
going on during Labor Day,” Evenson said. lobbyists, is at the cen- Among the dozens of lion the previous year. His
One third of BLM law enforcement officers nationwide are ter of two federal lawsuits sources of income was a lenders include Bank of
required to patrol the event at the current size, but one claiming Trump is violating $263,500 book advance for America, Citi Group and
half would be required if it grew to 100,000. Transportation the Constitution’s ban on Ivanka Trump’s “Women Deutsche Bank. Deutsche
agencies also want to find ways to alleviate the conges- foreign government pay- Who Work: Rewriting the Bank is also a major lender
tion on area roads before the BLM allows any growth of ments to the president. Rules for Success,” pub- to President Trump’s com-
the event, Evenson said. Another big Ivanka Trump lished in 2017. Trump has pany and has been sub-
That said, the federal agency could permit growth of the holding, a trust that includes pledged to donate royal- poenaed by congressional
event in the future if BLM officials and Burning Man orga- her personal business sell- ties to her charitable fund. investigators looking into
nizers find solutions to existing problems. ing handbags, shoes and Kushner’s holdings of apart- his finances. Both Kushner
In an effort to make the event safer and more secure, accessories, generated at ment buildings through his and his wife took steps to
the BLM plans to hire a private security firm to “screen” least $1 million in revenue family real estate firm, Kush- distance themselves from
attendees for drugs and weapons prior to entering the in 2018, down from at least ner Cos., was the source of their businesses before
event, according to the report. $5 million the year before. much of his income. West- taking on their roles as un-
In public meetings, festival-goers called the suggested Ivanka Trump announced minster Management, the paid White House advisers.
drug searches unconstitutional. in July of last year that she family business overseeing Kushner stepped down as
Burning Man representatives said in a statement they planned to close her fash- its rental buildings, gener- CEO of Kushner Cos. and
intend to fully analyze the environmental impact state- ion company to focus on ated $1.5 million. Separate- sold stakes in many hold-
ment. her work as a White House ly, one of the family’s mar- ings, while Ivanka Trump
“Our priority at the moment is the 2019 event, and we adviser for her father. quee holdings, the iconic similarly stepped away
are deeply engaged in planning and production,” the The disclosure for her hus- Puck Building in the Soho from executive roles at her
organization said.q band, Jared Kushner, section of Manhattan, companies.q