Charles Kushner

At least 20 families have multiple members in federal posts

| Importance: 8/10

Trump appoints Charles Kushner (Jared’s father), Kimberly Guilfoyle (Donald Jr.’s fiancée), and Massad Boulos (Tiffany’s father-in-law) to positions, with at least 20 families having multiple members in federal posts circumventing Anti-Nepotism Statute.

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Trump Pardons Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Kushner in Corruption Spree

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump issued pardons to campaign chairman Paul Manafort (convicted of financial fraud and conspiracy), adviser Roger Stone (witness tampering and lying to Congress), National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (lying to FBI about Russia contacts), and Charles Kushner (tax evasion and witness …

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Trump Pardons Charles Kushner and 14 Others in Single-Day Corruption Spree

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump pardoned his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, along with 14 other allies in a single day, demonstrating brazen nepotism and abuse of presidential clemency power. Charles Kushner had pleaded guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of illegal campaign …

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Qatar-Linked Brookfield Bails Out Kushner's 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.28 Billion

| Importance: 5/10

Brookfield Asset Management, with Qatar Investment Authority as second-largest investor, paid $1.28 billion for 99-year lease on Kushner’s troubled 666 Fifth Avenue property. Deal came after Charles Kushner’s April 2017 request for Qatari financing was rejected, followed by Jared …

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Kushner Receives $1.28B Qatar Bailout After Blockade Reversal

| Importance: 8/10

Jared Kushner’s underwater 666 Fifth Avenue property received a $1.28 billion bailout from Brookfield Property Partners, where Qatar Investment Authority held a 7-9% stake, just months after Trump reversed U.S. support for the Saudi-led Qatar blockade. The Kushners had desperately sought …

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