US Senate confirms convicted/pardoned felon Charles Kushner as ambassador to France

US Senate confirms Charles Kushner as ambassador to France​

Father of president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was previously pardoned by Trump from tax evasion conviction

The elder Kushner’s confirmation late on Monday came a little more than four years after Trump, during his first presidency, pardoned him from his conviction on charges of tax evasion and other federal crimes.

He pleaded guilty in 2005 to 18 charges that included tax evasion, retaliating against a federal witness and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. The witness tampering charge involved his hiring a sex worker to seduce his brother-in-law, who was cooperating with federal authorities. Kushner arranged to secretly record the encounter between the sex worker and his brother-in-law and then send the footage to his sister, the other man’s wife.

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a Republican, prosecuted Kushner at the time. Christie called Kushner’s case “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he had ever prosecuted.

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If Trump has his say, I guess he will pardon P Diddy.

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Trump Now “Seriously Considering” Pardon For Sean Combs Ahead Of Sentencing; White House Officially Says Nothing​

Nearly two months after Trump publicly entertained the notion of a Diddy pardonin an Oval Office gaggle, a comprehensive get out of jail card for Combs is being “seriously considered,” an administration source tells Deadline.

Additionally, as several associates of the much-accused and currently incarcerated “All About the Benjamins” performer have been pitching the White House, other insiders confirm the topic has leveled up from “just another Trump weave to an actionable event” since Combs was found partially guilty in the his New York City sex-trafficking trial earlier this month. Of course, as a number of parties attest, this being the roller coaster of Trumpworld, any decision on a Combs pardon is in flux until POTUS actually puts his signature on paper.