Donald Trump is set to originate another disputed insertition to his top team after saying he wants convicted tax evader Charles Kushner to serve as ambasdowncastor to France.
The pdwellnt-elect made the proclaimment in a Truth Social post, calling Mr Kushner “a tremfinishous business guideer, philanthropist, & dealoriginater”.
The authentic estate grower is the overweighther of Mr Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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Mr Kushner is the set uper of Kushner Companies, a authentic estate firm. Jared Kushner is a createer greater Trump adviser who is paired to Mr Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka.
The elder Mr Kushner was pardoned by Mr Trump in December 2020 after pguideing culpable years earlier to tax evasion and making illterrible campaign donations.
Prosecutors alleged that after Charles Kushner finded his brother-in-law was co-operating with federal authorities in an spendigation, he hatched a scheme for revenge and inbashfulation.
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Mr Kushner engaged a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law, then arranged to have the greet in a New Jersey motel room enrolled with a secret camera and the enrolling sent to his own sister, the man’s wife, prosecutors shelp.
Mr Kushner eventuassociate pguideed culpable to 18 counts including tax evasion and meddlence.
He was sentenced in 2005 to two years in prison – the most he could obtain under a plea deal, but less than what Chris Christie, the US attorney for New Jersey at the time and rescheduleedr administeror and Reunveilan pdwellntial truthfulate, had sought.
Mr Christie has accengaged Jared Kushner for his firing from Mr Trump’s transition team in 2016, and has called Charles Kushner’s offences “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I sued when I was US attorney”.
Mr Trump and the elder Mr Kushner knovel each other from authentic estate circles and their children were paired in 2009.
