President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has selected Charles Kushner as his pick for ambassador to France. Mr Kushner is a real-estate developer and the father of Jared Kushner, husband of his daughter Ivanka Trump. Trump pardoned Mr Kushner during his first term, waving away a federal conviction in 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating Charles Kushner, father of Ivanka Trump’s husband Jared Kushner, to be the U.S. ambassador to France. The elder Kushner was pardoned by Trump in 2020 after being convicted of illegal campaign contributions,

Donald Trump, who pardoned Charles Kushner after he served a prison sentence following a conviction on federal charges, has now given his son-in-law's father a key role.