New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner will be considered by the U.S. Senate on Monday for the ambassadorship to France and Monaco.<\/p>\n
Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, was previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for federal tax evasion and Federal Election Commission violations from 2005, during the mogul\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n
In 1985, he founded the Kushner Companies and has long been a philanthropist, particularly to Jewish causes and institutions like Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan.<\/p>\n
He has also donated to St. Barnabas Hospital in Essex County, New Jersey, which has a wing bearing his family name.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
During his May 1 confirmation hearing, Kushner acknowledged his past legal missteps, claiming they sharpened his judgment and better prepared him for both the ambassadorship and life.<\/p>\n
‘I think that my past mistakes actually make me\u2026 better in my values to really make me more qualified to do this job,’ he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n
Kushner, who just celebrated his 71st birthday, was nominated in November after Trump called him a ‘tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our country & its interests.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
‘He was recognized as New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, & served as a commissioner, & chairman, of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, as well as on the boards of our top institutions, including NYU,’ Trump said.<\/p>\n
‘Congratulations to Charlie, his wonderful wife Seryl, their 4 children, & 14 grandchildren. His son, Jared, worked closely with me in the White House, in particular on Operation Warp Speed, Criminal Justice Reform, & the Abraham Accords.’<\/p>\n
Trump added that Kushner will help strengthen America\u2019s partnership with ‘our oldest ally and one of our greatest.’ <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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