Kushner was pardoned by Trump in 2020 after serving a prison sentence following a conviction on federal charges.

Donald Trump has appointed Charles Kushner, his son-in-law’s father, to be the US ambassador to France. The president-elect, 78, pardoned Mr Kushner, who in 2006 served a prison sentence for tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations, at the end of his first administration.

However, Charles Kushner, in 2005, had pleaded guilty to 16 counts of tax evasion, one count of retaliating against a federal witness and one more count of lying to the Federal Election Commission.