Donald Trump Taps Charles Kushner, Dad of Jared, As The Incoming Ambassador To France

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : "He is a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country & its interests," Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media site.
63% : Trump granted Kushner clemency "as part of a wave of 26 pardons he issued with roughly a month left in his first term, along with other close associates including Paul Manafort, his 2016 campaign chairman, and Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime ally and informal adviser," the New York Times reports in their Saturday write-up of Trump's pick.
40% : Both Jared and Charles Kushner, according to reporting from the Times, played a key role in who Trump considered clemency for.
29% : Kushner, an infamous figure in New Jersey, is a wealthy real estate executive who was convicted and imprisoned in 2005 after pleading guilty to 16 federal counts of filing false tax returns, one count of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission, and one count of retaliating against a cooperating witness and was later pardoned by Trump in the final days of his first term.
17% : Christie -- who has become a vocal critic of Trump -- recalled Kushner's misconduct as "one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted...and I was the U.S. attorney in New Jersey" during a 2019 interview with PBS.

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