Trump nominates pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France

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Trump nominates pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.

Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post, calling Charles Kushner “a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country & interests.”

Charles Kushner on July 20, 2022, in New York.

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Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate firm. Jared Kushner is a former senior Trump adviser who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka.

“Together, we will strengthen America’s partnership with France, our oldest Ally, & one of our greatest!” Trump said.

The elder Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making ******** campaign donations.

Prosecutors alleged that after Charles Kushner discovered his brother-in-law was cooperating with federal authorities in an investigation, he hatched a scheme for revenge and intimidation.

Kushner hired a *********** to lure his brother-in-law, then arranged to have the encounter in a New Jersey motel room recorded with a hidden camera and the recording sent to his own sister, the man’s wife, prosecutors said.

Kushner eventually pleaded guilty to 18 counts including tax evasion and witness tampering. He was sentenced in 2005 to two years in prison — the most he could receive under a plea deal, but less than what Chris Christie, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey at the time and later governor and *********** presidential candidate, had sought.

Christie has blamed Jared Kushner for his ******* from Trump’s transition team in 2016, and has called Charles Kushner’s offenses “one of the most loathsome, disgusting ******* that I prosecuted when I was U.S. attorney.”

Trump and the elder Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.

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