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Tom Yossarian Joad

(19,227 posts)
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 05:02 PM Aug 2021

Kushner friend Ken Kurson, pardoned by Trump, charged by Manhattan district attorney

Source: CNBC

The Manhattan district attorney charged Ken Kurson, a friend and former associate of Jared Kushner, with cyberstalking his ex-wife on Wednesday, months after he received a pardon from then-President Donald Trump for alleged cybercrimes against other individuals.

Kurson, 52, is charged with eavesdropping and criminal trespass for allegedly illegally accessing his then-wife’s communications in 2015 and 2016 while working as editor-in-chief of Observer Media Group, which at the time was owned by Kushner.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office said Kurson used spyware to obtain passwords and log into his wife’s Gmail and Facebook accounts.

Vance’s office is also continuing a criminal investigation of Trump’s company, the Trump Organization. Vance charged the company and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg earlier this summer with a years-long scheme to avoid paying taxes on executive compensation. The company and the CFO have pleaded not guilty. /snip

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/ken-kurson-kushner-friend-pardoned-by-trump-charged-by-manhattan-da.html

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Kushner friend Ken Kurson, pardoned by Trump, charged by Manhattan district attorney (Original Post) Tom Yossarian Joad Aug 2021 OP
Whatever it takes - lock them up. n/t iluvtennis Aug 2021 #1
Let's make sure we house tRUMP, Kushner et al in the "not guilty" wing at gitmo. abqtommy Aug 2021 #2
... Major Nikon Aug 2021 #3
Only the best people. MontanaMama Aug 2021 #4
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! FoxNewsSucks Aug 2021 #5
What vile, criminal sleazebags these Republicons be Champp Aug 2021 #6
Oops... smb Aug 2021 #7
Does this mean a Trump pardon does not carry forever? keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #8
The little people are falling, but I want the big fish, not that I am complaining about the little Escurumbele Aug 2021 #9
Rachel Maddow also reported on this tonight: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #10

Champp

(2,114 posts)
6. What vile, criminal sleazebags these Republicons be
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 05:37 PM
Aug 2021

There is no end to the number of corrupt Republicans out to control women, screw America, and get rich by perverting the truth.

Escurumbele

(3,386 posts)
9. The little people are falling, but I want the big fish, not that I am complaining about the little
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 07:57 PM
Aug 2021

fish being indicted and jailed, but if trump doesn't get his time the anger will be huge!

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