The family above all. Even when she did prison, the tenant of the White House does not hesitate to appoint his relatives to key positions. Latest example? Charles Kushner, chosen by Donald Trump to be the new United States ambassador to France.
At 51 votes to 45, the American Senate, with a republican majority, approved this Monday, May 19, the appointment of the father of Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump’s eldest daughter. In 2005, this real estate magnate pleaded guilty of 18 charges, including tax fraud, subornation of witnesses and illegal contributions to electoral campaigns. Charles Kushner was then sentenced to two years in prison, the maximum authorized, and spends a little more than a year behind bars.
The rich promoter recognized sordid acts in the context of this case, admitting in particular that he had initiated a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, who collaborated in a federal investigation into campaign funding. The meeting in a motel room is filmed using a hidden camera. Charles Kushner sends the video to his own sister, the wife of this man, to dissuade her from testifying against him.
“My error of judgment dates back over twenty years,” the 71 -year -old man said in early May during his confirmation hearing in the Senate. “I am not a perfect person. I made a very very very serious error, and I paid a very heavy tribute.”
Political turnaround and presidential grace
A presidential pardon was granted to Charles Kushner in December 2020, a month before the end of the first mandate of the Republican billionaire, during which his son, Jared, was an important adviser to the American president, notably in the Middle East. Another proof that Donald Trump likes to surround himself with his loved ones: Massad Boulos, stepfather of the manager’s second daughter, Tiffany, is as to his senior advice for Africa.
In Paris, Charles Kushner will succeed Democrat Denise Campbell. He will also be ambassador of the United States to the Principality of Monaco. Last November, the President of the United States rented on his social network, when he announced his appointment as an ambassador in France, “a brilliant business manager, a philanthrope and an outstanding negotiator”. He is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate company estimated at 2.9 billion dollars in October 2024 by Forbes. Its value has almost tripled since the election of Donald Trump in 2016.
Charles Kushner has long been one of the greatest contributors … of the Democratic Party. Until 2015, where he donated $ 100,000 to the Make America Great Again Foundation, to finance the campaign of his republican parent. The family above all, already.