The Senate on Monday confirmed Charles Kushner to serve as the ambassador to France and Monaco.
Kushner was confirmed by a vote of 51-45.
President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Kushner to the position in November, calling him a “tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country & its interests,” in a statement on Truth Social.
Kushner was pardoned by Trump during the president’s first term for crimes including federal tax evasion and FEC violations. Kushner pleaded guilty in 2005 to 18 counts and served two years in prison.
Charles Kushner, nominee for US Ambassador to France, looks on as US President Donald Trump meets with US Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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When Kushner appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this month for his hearing on the position, Kushner told the panel he had made “very, very, very serious mistakes.”
But he told the committee he believed his mistakes made him “better with my judgment, better in my view of life, better in my values to really make me more qualified to do this job.”
Kushner is the father of Trump’s son-in-law and former advisor, Jared Kushner.
-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin
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