United States: Trump's son-in-law's father pardoned for tax fraud, appointed ambassador to France
Charles Kushner, father of Ivanka Trump's husband, was pardoned by the president after being convicted of tax fraud, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions in 2004.
The US Senate approved the nomination of Charles Kushner, the father of Donald Trump 's son-in-law, whom Trump pardoned after a criminal conviction, as the new US ambassador to France on Monday evening. The vote was 51 to 45. He had been nominated by Trump in November , but the Senate's approval was still pending.
Charles Kushner is a real estate tycoon who spent a year in federal prison after being sentenced to two years in 2004 for tax fraud. He was pardoned by Donald Trump toward the end of his first term in the White House.
Strained relations between Paris and WashingtonHe will arrive in Paris at a time when relations between the United States and France, historic allies, and Europe in general are strained due to the threat of a trade war by the American president .
Charles Kushner is the father of Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of the American president. Jared Kushner Jr. served as an advisor to Donald Trump, particularly on the Middle East, during his first term in office.
Convicted in 2004, then pardonedCharles Kushner will also serve as the United States Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco. Charles Kushner, now 71, hailed by Donald Trump as a "genius business leader," once handed over the reins to his son to run the family real estate empire, Kushner Companies.
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Because he had to serve a prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2004 to tax fraud, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions.
The businessman has admitted to sordid acts in the case: he hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, who was collaborating in a campaign finance investigation. Charles Kushner filmed the encounter between them for his sister, the man's wife, to dissuade her from testifying against him.
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