Trump selects Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France [View all]

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Source: CNN

Donald Trump has selected his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, to serve as the next US ambassador to France, the president-elect announced Saturday.

Trump described Charles Kushner as a highly successful business leader, philanthropist and dealmaker, with deep experience in the real estate industry.

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Kushner was pardoned by Trump in 2020 after serving a prison sentence following a conviction on federal charges.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/charles-kushner-france-ambassador-trump

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From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner

On June 30, 2004, Kushner was fined $508,900 by the Federal Election Commission for contributing to Democratic political campaigns in the names of his partnerships when he lacked authorization to do so.[19] In 2005, following an investigation by the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, US Attorney Chris Christie negotiated a plea agreement with him, under which Kushner pleaded guilty to 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering.[20][21][22] The witness tampering charge arose from Kushner's retaliation against William Schulder, his sister Esther's husband, who was cooperating with federal investigators against Kushner. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranged to record a sexual encounter between the two, and had the tape sent to his sister.[21][20][23][24] Kushner was sentenced to two years in prison.[20] He served 14 months at Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery in Alabama[25][26] before being sent to a halfway house in Newark, New Jersey, to complete his sentence.[25][26][27] He was released from prison on August 25, 2006.[28]

As a convicted felon, Charles Kushner was also disbarred and prohibited from practicing law in New Jersey,[29] New York,[30] and Pennsylvania.[31]