AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II has denied any impropriety in his purchases of luxury homes abroad, citing security needs for keeping the transactions quiet and saying no public funds were used. Monday’s comment by the Royal Palace comes a day after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reported that the monarch had secretly bought more $106 million in luxury homes over the past decade by using offshore transactions.
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