[bambax]

The US ambassador to France is a convicted felon, father of Jared Kushner.

From Wikipedia:

«In February 2026, French authorities restricted Kushner’s direct access to government ministers after he failed to attend a summons from Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, sending a senior embassy official in his place. The French foreign ministry cited an "apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission".»

[throwaway2037]

I highly recommend that people read about his crimes on Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner#Criminal_convi...

It reads like a low-level mafia guy from New Jersey. The only thing missing from the story was faking his death.

Example:

    > [Charles] Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranging to record a sexual encounter between the two and send the tape to his sister.

Epic!

[retrac]

The US ambassador to Iceland made an inappropriate comment about Iceland being the 52nd state and was summoned by Icelandic President to explain. A poor joke, apparently.

One almost wonders if the US admin is actively trying to get one of its ambassadors declared persona non grata.

[weinzierl]

Is 52 a typo or did he really say that? The US has 50 states, so why not 51?

[mcherm]

I suspect that the implication in context was that the 51st state would be Greenland. Which doesn't really help make this less of a diplomatic faux pas.

[bemao]

Probably a reference to the "joke" that Canada would soon become the 51st state

[simiones]

Maybe his views are more heterodox and he was counting Puerto Rico as 51st! (sarcasm, in case this isn't clear)

[csomar]

Greenland is the 51 state.

[pstuart]

It would seem like that, but that's bonus. It's really about the spoils of crony oligarchy.

[dylan604]

The US ambassador to France is a <pardoned> convicted felon, father of Jared Kushner.

[jszymborski]

A distinction without a difference, he was pardoned by Jared's father in law.

[dylan604]

I think it makes a huge amount of difference exactly because of what you stated. A pardon absolves one of the sin as if it didn't happen, legally. It however does not wipe the knowledge from people's mind as if it were the gadget from Men In Black. So, adding the <pardon> bit just adds to the depravity

[chmod775]

> A pardon absolves one of the sin as if it didn't happen, legally.

This is incorrect. A pardon is not an expungement. The conviction remains a usable historical fact and could still be referenced in later legal procedings.

Exact ramifications vary between innocence-based pardons, rehabilitiation-based pardons, and pure discretionary clemency.

[cogman10]

In fact, part of accepting a pardon is accepting guilt. That can particularly be consequential if there is a civil case associated with the criminal charges. For example, if I'm charged with drunk driving and I run into someone's house, by accepting a pardon I have to admit that I'm guilty of drunk driving which the home owner can then use in their civil suit to extra money for the damage I caused.

This is part of the reason why people will sometimes not accept a pardon.

[rootusrootus]

> part of accepting a pardon is accepting guilt

Is that not a commonly misunderstood myth? You do not have to sign anything admitting guilt.

[cassepipe]

IIRC it is why some people defending captain Dreyfus urged him not to accept a pardon

[dylan604]

I think you're missing the point. If you are a felon, there is baggage that comes with it which varies depending on the state. Some felons can no longer vote or legally own a firearm. Some felons find it hard to find a place to rent. Unless of course, you've been pardoned.

I also even stipulated that people could not be made to forget about it. Yet, you then reiterate that after telling me I was incorrect.

[jszymborski]

fair enough!

[MichaelZuo]

If true, there must be something seriously, profoundly, wrong in the Beltway.

It somehow seems like a huge number of people are working to throw America down the drain faster.

[erikerikson]

See also Atlas Shrugged

[usui]

Instead of being a ding, that might make him a serious candidate for presidency then. He can only go up from here.

[yubblegum]

Speaking of Jared Kushner, what has happened to our nation that this grifter twit is fronting one of the most strategically consequential negotiations on behalf of this nation? Is there any precedent in our history for what is going on these days?

[sqwra]

Kushner is doing his job, which is to sabotage the negotiations. The US wants energy dominance over the EU, Japan and China and he perfectly fills his role of seemingly attempting permanent negotiations without results.

[rapnie]

In US history, pehaps not. In world history, probably.

[dgellow]

> what has happened to our nation

You elected a sexual predator and conman with a cult of personality as president, twice

[buellerbueller]

>what has happened to our nation

Politics became a social media-based reality show, replacing policy with vibes.

[yubblegum]

https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FHL_G9ZGbwAAZrvi.jpg

That's what they want you to think. See the gent sitting down next to your elected VP? That is a "prince", a scion of an Arab FAMILY. The grifter twit standing over them? Another "prince", this time of a Jewish FAMILY.

They have goals; they have policy preferences, I assure you. Trillions of dollars are involved.

Let's just call a spade a spade: this is the emergence of Oligarchy International, sold to us as "a time of confusion because of media chaos".

[buellerbueller]

Now show me the same from the Democratic party.