On Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump said that he will choose real estate developer Charles Kushner, who is the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, as ambassador to France.
He is an outstanding businessman, philanthropist, and negotiator who will be a steadfast defender of our nation and its interests. Trump announced his intention to appoint Kushner as ambassador in a post on Truth Social.
In the message, Trump also congratulated Charlie, his amazing wife Seryl, their four children, and their fourteen grandchildren.
In the post, the president-elect also highlighted the work that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, accomplished during his first term in office.
Jared, the son of [Charles], collaborated extensively with me in the White House, specifically on the Abraham Accords, Criminal Justice Reform, and Operation Warp Speed. Together, we will fortify America’s alliance with France, one of our greatest and oldest allies! On Saturday, the president-elect wrote.
The elder Kushner entered a guilty plea to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering, and unlawful campaign donation in 2005, and as part of the plea agreement, he was sentenced to two years in jail.
Then-U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, a significant Trump opponent and future governor of New Jersey, prosecuted Kushner. In the Republican primary in 2016 and 2024, Christie faced off against Trump.
Christie referred to the Kushner case as “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted” in 2019, when he was still governor. At the time, I was the U.S. attorney for New Jersey.
Charles Kushner was one of over two dozen people whom Trump pardoned in 2020 after losing his reelection campaign.
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