The Senate confirmed Charles Kushner as ambassador to France
The philanthropist and father of Jared Kushner received 51 yes votes to 46 no votes, so he will serve as the Trump administration's top diplomat in Paris
Kushner at the White House/ Mandel Ngan.
Charles Kushner was confirmed as ambassador to France and Monaco. The philanthropist and father of Jared Kushner received 51 votes in favor and 46 against, so he will serve as the Trump administration's top diplomat in Paris. Cory Booker was the only Democrat to vote in favor of Kushner, while Republican Lisa Murkowski chose to vote against.
Kushner, who nearly two decades ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, acknowledged his mistakes during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I don’t sit here before you today and tell you I’m a perfect person. I am not a perfect person."
"I made a very, very, very serious mistake, and I paid a very heavy price for that mistake. I think that my past mistakes actually make me better with my judgment, better in my view of life, and better in my values to really make me more qualified to do this job," he added.
In announcing Kushner's nomination, President Donald Trump described him as a "great business leader and negotiator."
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Who is Charles Kushner?
In 2005, he was convicted of falsifying tax returns, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions, which earned him fourteen months in a minimum security prison camp in Alabama and ten months in a halfway house in New Jersey.
According to Fox News, the tampering case arose out of his paying a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, with the goal that they would have an intimate encounter and she would videotape it. Kushner subsequently sent the footage to the man's wife and his sister with the goal of keeping her from testifying before a grand jury.
At the time, he was prosecuted by then-New Jersey Attorney General Chris Christie, who called the case "one of the most disgusting and repugnant crimes I prosecuted when I was a United States attorney."
Trump pardoned Kushner in 2020, just a month before the end of his first term, along with Paul Manafort, and Roger Stone.
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