Published in the Asbury Park Press 03/4/05, Early FridayCourt suspends Kushner's New York law
license
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A midlevel state appeals court Thursday suspended the New York law license of a major New Jersey Democratic Party contributor who pleaded guilty last year to witness tampering and tax charges. Charles B. Kushner will be prohibited from practicing law in New York under the decision by the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court. The motion to suspend Kushner's license was made by the state's Committee on Professional Standards. Kushner is to be sentenced Friday in federal court in New Jersey for using a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law who was a witness in a federal probe that focused on Kushner's donations and business. Kushner pleaded guilty in August to the witness tampering charge. In doing so, he also admitted sending a tape of the seduction to the man's wife â Kushner's sister. Kushner pleaded guilty as well to campaign finance violations and 16 counts of filing false tax returns for various partnerships affiliated with his company, avoiding up to $325,000 in taxes. Since 1997, Kushner gave more than $1 million to Democrats and was the top donor to former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's successful gubernatorial campaign. The married McGreevey, whose administration was mired in its own scandals, resigned in November after admitting to a homosexual affair. Kushner, 50, has been free on $5 million bail pending sentencing. He faces between 18 and 33 months in prison. Published in the Asbury Park Press 03/4/05, late Friday or tomorrow's news Disgraced donor, Kushner, sentenced to 2 years for seduction, campaign schemes NEWARK
(AP) -- Charles B. Kushner, a powerful real estate developer and major
benefactor to Democrats, was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for
campaign finance violations and retaliating against a witness . . . his sister .
. . by having her husband seduced by a prostitute. Kushner pleaded guilty Aug. 18, admitting that he sent a videotape of the
sexual encounter to his sister in retaliation because she was
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