 Chinese corruption expert Minxin Pei suggested the transaction could be a way for Xiaohui to buy political influence and protect himself from the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping by cultivating powerful allies in the United States government.Xiaohui was eventually jailed in China in June 2017 and ultimately sentenced to 18 months in prison for a variety of financial crimes.The meeting also stoked controversy as it came just one week after Jared Kushner's father-in-law Donald Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election.