Simon & Schuster called Jared Kushner’s bluff in threatening legal action and quietly released Matthew Cole’s blockbuster book two days early, Status reports.“The explosive allegations read like a spy novel, featuring a hacked iPhone, international spies, and billion-dollar ‘slush funds’ from foreign governments, all tied to Donald Trump’s son-in-law. Jared Kushner, Cole wrote, had access to $2 billion in secret foreign bank accounts from Middle Eastern countries attempting to influence U.S. foreign policy during Trump’s first term. The claims, if they hold up, would be among the most serious ever leveled at a presidential family member—and one who had served in an official government role, to boot.”Princes and Thieves on Amazon