{"id":117110,"date":"2024-11-30T23:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T23:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-nominates-charles-kushner-who-he-pardoned-in-2020-as-us-ambassador-to-france-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2024-11-30T23:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T23:06:40","slug":"trump-nominates-charles-kushner-who-he-pardoned-in-2020-as-us-ambassador-to-france-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-nominates-charles-kushner-who-he-pardoned-in-2020-as-us-ambassador-to-france-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates Charles Kushner, who he pardoned in 2020, as US Ambassador to France – USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump selected Charles Kushner, who Trump pardoned during his first term, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to France on Saturday.
Charles Kushner is the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump.
\u201cI am pleased to nominate Charles Kushner, of New Jersey, to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to France,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday. \u201cHe is a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country & its interests.”
Charles Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a New York based real estate company. He was convic<\/a>ted of\u00a0preparing false<\/a> tax returns, retaliating against a cooperating witness, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission in 2005.
He served more than 16 months of a two-year sentence in federal\u00a0prison and a halfway program before he was released in 2006, NorthJersey.com reported.<\/a> Trump pardoned Charles Kushner in 2020,<\/a> saying at the time that Kushner was devoted to philanthropic organizations and causes.
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“This record of reform and charity overshadows Mr. Kushner\u2019s conviction and 2 year sentence for preparing false tax returns, witness retaliation, and making false statements to the FEC,” Trump’s office said at the time.
Charles Kushner was prosecuted by former<\/a> New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a vocal Trump critic who ran in the 2024 Republican primaries and later dropped out. In a 2019 interview, Christie called Charles Kushner’s actions \u201cone of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he prosecuted as the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.\u00a0
The elder Kushner admitted to paying a prostitute<\/a> to seduce a brother-in-law and have their sexual encounter videotaped. Kushner then sent the tape to his sister in an effort to intimidate her against becoming a witness in the federal investigation.
USA TODAY Network archives were used in this story.<\/em> This breaking news story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n

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