WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post, calling Charles Kushner “a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker.”
Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate firm. Jared Kushner is a former White House senior adviser to Trump who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka.
The elder Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
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Prosecutors alleged that after Charles Kushner discovered his brother-in-law was cooperating with federal authorities in an investigation, he hatched a scheme for revenge and intimidation.
Kushner hired a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law, then arranged to have the encounter in a New Jersey motel room recorded with a hidden camera and the recording sent to Kushner’s own sister, the man’s wife, prosecutors said.
Kushner eventually pleaded guilty to 18 counts including tax evasion and witness tampering. He was sentenced in 2005 to two years in prison – the most he could receive under a plea deal, but less than what Chris Christie, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey at the time and later governor and Republican presidential candidate, sought.
Christie blamed Jared Kushner for his firing from Trump’s transition team in 2016, and called Charles Kushner’s offenses “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted when I was U.S. attorney.”
Trump and the elder Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.
Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far President-elect Donald Trump Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense Pam Bondi, Attorney General Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Labor Secretary Scott Turner, Housing and Urban Development Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce Doug Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe, Central Intelligence Agency Director Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Brendan Carr, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Elise Stefanik, Ambassador to the United Nations Matt Whitaker, Ambassador to NATO Pete Hoekstra, Ambassador to Canada Mike Huckabee, Ambassador to Israel Steven Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East Keith Kellogg, Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Mike Waltz, National Security Adviser Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Tom Homan, ‘Border Czar’ Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services administrator Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to advise White House on government efficiency Additional selections to the incoming White House Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox!
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