Cory Booker faces backlash for vote to confirm Ivanka Trump’s father-in-law for ambassador role
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., is facing political backlash after voting to confirm Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, as the U.S. ambassador to France. Booker was the only Democrat to join a majority of Republicans to confirm Kushner 51-45. Kushner, a real estate billionaire and father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, witness tampering, and tax evasion in 2005. President Trump pardoned Charles Kushner for his crimes at the end of […]