Trump nominates Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France

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President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that helium wants real property developer Charles Kushner, begetter of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, to service arsenic ambassador to France.

Trump made the announcement successful a Truth Social post, calling Charles Kushner "a tremendous concern leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who volition beryllium a beardown advocator representing our Country & interests."

Kushner is the laminitis of Kushner Companies, a existent property firm. Jared Kushner is simply a erstwhile elder Trump advisor who is joined to Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka.

"Together, we volition fortify America's concern with France, our oldest Ally, & 1 of our greatest!" Trump said.

The elder Kushner was pardoned by Trump successful December 2020 aft pleading blameworthy years earlier to taxation evasion and making amerciable run donations.

Prosecutors alleged that aft Charles Kushner discovered his brother-in-law was cooperating with national authorities successful an investigation, helium hatched a strategy for revenge and intimidation.

Kushner hired a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law, past arranged to person the brushwood successful a New Jersey motel country recorded with a hidden camera and the signaling sent to his ain sister, the man's wife, prosecutors said.

Kushner yet pleaded blameworthy to 18 counts including taxation evasion and witnesser tampering. He was sentenced successful 2005 to 2 years successful situation — the astir helium could person nether a plea deal, but little than what Chris Christie, the U.S. lawyer for New Jersey astatine the clip and aboriginal politician and Republican statesmanlike candidate, had sought.

Christie has blamed Jared Kushner for his firing from Trump's modulation squad successful 2016, and has called Charles Kushner's offenses "one of the astir loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted erstwhile I was U.S. attorney."

Trump and the elder Kushner knew each different from existent property circles and their children were joined successful 2009.