In my book, American Oligarchs, I write extensively about Charlie Kushner. In the 1990's he was an ambitious real estate developer on the rise. Like Donald Trump, he found that political contributions enhanced his status, power, and money 1/

He began giving enormous amounts to Democrats. He gave over $3 million to New Jersey Democrats when Jim McGreevey was running for NJ Gov -- about the same as Enron gave to George W. Bush 2/
Bill Clinton came to his office in Livingston, as did Al Gore. But it turned out some of those attention-getting contributions were illegal, made in the name of others, including some of his family members.

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His brother sued Charles Kushner. A young and ambitious Republican prosecutor, Christopher J. Christie, began investigating, a standard white collar prosecution...of a big supporter of the NJ Gov. It probably would have been quietly adjudicated, except...

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Charlie concluded the whole thing was a hit job cooked up by his siblings & Christie. So Charlie hired an East Orange cop to procure a sex worker to entrap his brother-in-law. Charlie held on to the tape a while. Then, grand jury letters started to go out.

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And Charles Kushner sent the tape to his sister on the eve of his nephew's engagement party -- a nephew who was the same age as Jared and had been raised like a brother. The cop had to talk Charlie out of sending the tape to his nephew and nieces as well.

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When Charlie's sister got the tape, she brought it prosecutors, and not long after, Charlie was arrested. "This Department of Justice...will not tolerate the obstruction of federal grand jury investigations," prosecutor Chris Christie said when Charlie was arrested.

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Charlie's lawyer said the charges were "baseless." But it became clear Christie and his team had more cards to play. Charlie had his own connection to the sex worker. Prosecutors had learned that for years, Charles Kushner had been living a double life, using a pseudonym.

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To avoid further embarrassment, Charles Kushner pleaded guilty. His lawyer said he "recognized the poor, isolated judgement that led to his arrest" and wished "to move on with his life as quickly as possible."

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More than six hundred people wrote letters on Charlie Kushner's behalf when he was sentenced, including NJ Democrats Robert Toricelli and Cory Booker.

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When he was released from prison, Kushner said "I believe that God and my parents in heaven forgive me for what I did, which was wrong. I don't believe God and my parents will ever forgive my brother and sister for instigating a criminal investigation..because of jealousy."

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No one who lived through this story, and especially not Charles or Jared Kushner, or Chris Christie, would ever leave it behind.

Much more on Charlie Kushner in American Oligarchs:

https://t.co/47Zy6iAAr5
Going on @BrianLehrer soon with @ilyamarritz to discuss Kushner, Manafort, pardons and how there still *could* be a legal reckoning for Trump.

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मुंबईतील प्रसिद्ध किताबखाना ला लागलेली आग आपल्या सर्वांच्या मनाला चटका लावणारी होती. त्या आगीत सुमारे 95 लाख किमतीच्या 45,000 पुस्तकांचं नुकसान झालं. एकूण नुकसान दोन कोटींच्या घरात गेलं. तरीही किताबखाना पुन्हा सुरू करण्याचं स्वप्न आहे समीर आणि अमृता सोमैया यांचं.
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त्यांनीच दहा वर्षांपूर्वी मुंबईत ही सुंदर स्पेस तयार केली.त्यांच्या जगप्रवासात विविध पुस्तकांनी त्यांना वेड लावलं.अशी एक कम्युनिटी स्पेस मुंबईतही करायची,या ध्येयाने त्यांनी किताबखानाची निर्मिती केली.अमृताचे वडील प्रसिद्ध आर्किटेक्ट जगदीश मिस्त्री यांनी किताबखाना डिझाईन केला होता.

लाईव इवेंट्स, पुस्तक वाचन, काला घोडा फेस्ट्वलचे कार्यक्रम, उत्तमोत्तम पुस्तकं, लहान मुलांसाठीचा पुस्तकांचा स्वतंत्र विभाग ही किताबखानाची सर्व खासियत कायम राहणार आहे.
सध्या तिथे रिस्टोरेशनचं काम सुरू आहे. समीर आणि अमृता यांची मी घेतलेली मुलाखत आणि बातमी शेअर करत आहे.

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