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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner further admitted he devised a scheme to retaliate against a cooperating witness and her husband by having a prostitute seduce the husband and covertly filming them having sex.
		Kushner told the Court that he paid a private investigator $25,000 to arrange for the seduction and videotaping of the cooperating witness' husband.
		Kushner also admitted to making false statements to the Federal Election Commission which allocated campaign contributions to certain individuals who had no knowledge that contributions were being made in their names and had not consented to him making the contributions.
	www.usdoj.gov /tax/usaopress/2004/txdv04kush0818_r.htm (457 words)

	DynamoBuzz
		The last we heard from Charles Kushner, it was last August 18th and he was copping a plea to charges that he had extorted his brother-in-law / accountant by hiring a hooker to entice him into a hotel room in Bridgewater where he secretly taped the frisky couple as they were doing...well you know.
		Kushner's previous claim to fame was that he was a big time fundraiser and party boss in New Jersey and the #1 donor to disgraced ex-governor Jim McGreevey.
		Kushner is facing almost three years in prison, and he's hoping all the kind words will get his sentence cut in half [link].
	www.dynamobuzz.com /index.php?p=986&c=1 (1630 words)

	Top Dem Fundraiser Busted for Prostitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The indictment alleges that Kushner initiated "a scheme to orchestrate a covert videotaped seduction" of the cooperating male witness in an attempt to thwart the investigation.
		The indictment says Kushner recruited two individuals to hire a woman to have sex with the male witness and later instructed them to mail the videotape to the man's wife, who was the other cooperating witness in the investigation.
		Kushner contributed to the campaigns of several prominent Democrats, including Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, according to FEC records.
	www.capitolhillblue.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=33&num=4836&printer=1 (548 words)

	The Trentonian - News - 07/14/2004 - Capitol hooker-gate?
		Kushner, 50, of Livingston, surrendered to FBI agents yesterday morning and was arraigned in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges in Newark district court in the afternoon.
		Kushner then had one of the men involved in the scheme mail the videotape and photographs of the close relative having sex with the hooker to the man’s wife who was also cooperating with federal investigators.
		Kushner allegedly attempted to work the same scheme on a second rival who was cooperating with federal investigators, but that man declined the prostitute’s advances.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12332179&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (677 words)

	MOUN.com
		In a scenario right out of a pulp crime novel, real-estate developer Charles Kushner — who was aware he was being pursued by the feds for tax fraud and illegal campaign contributions — personally offered the hooker up to $10,000 to do the dirty deed on tape with the witness, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said.
		The witness is a former Kushner employee and the husband of one of Kushner's close relatives, Christie said.
		So in November, "Kushner personally recruited a woman — known by [him] to be a call girl — to seduce and have sex with [the witness] on videotape," the indictment stated.
	www.moun.com /articles/July2004/7-14-3.htm (812 words)

	News from asburypark.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Charles Kushner, a major financial supporter of Gov. McGreevey, is accused of hiring two intermediaries and a New York City call girl for $25,000 to videotape a cooperating witness having sex with the call girl.
		Kushner, 50, of Livingston, was charged with conspiracy, obstruction of the federal investigation of him and his companies, and with interstate promotion of prostitution, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said.
		Kushner's intent in capturing the cooperating witnesses' seduction by the call girls on videotape was to gain leverage against the witnesses in the federal investigation, the complaint says.
	www.asburypark.net /news/2004/07/0714kushner.shtml (1046 words)

	North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner held onto the tape until May, when he allegedly ordered an associate to mail it along with still photos of the encounter to the witness and his wife, who was identified in the complaint as Kushner’s close relative.
		Kushner, 50, of Livingston, N.J., is accused of hiring two intermediaries and a New York City call girl for $25,000 to videotape a cooperating witness in the underlying investigation while the cooperating witness was engaged in sex with the call girl.
		Kushner's intent in capturing the cooperating witnesses' seduction by the call girls on videotape was to gain leverage against the witnesses in the federal investigation, according to the Complaint.
	www.northjersey.com /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY1NTUyNjAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky (4243 words)

	wnbc.com - Politics - Fund-Raiser Accused Of Hiring Prostitutes To Thwart Probe
		Kushner, who turned himself in earlier Tuesday, posted a $5 million bond during a brief court appearance and was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
		"Charles Kushner is one of the most respected business leaders in the community and widely known as a very generous philanthropist," his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said in a prepared statement.
		Kushner recruited two prostitutes to have sex acts recorded on tape with two former employees, according to the criminal complaint.
	www.wnbc.com /politics/3524538/detail.html (796 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner admitted then that, as chairman of Kushner Companies, he assisted in filing false tax returns claiming over $1 million in partnership charitable contributions as office expenses, causing losses to the IRS of between $200,000 and $325,000.
		Kushner further admitted at his plea hearing that he devised a scheme to retaliate against a cooperating witness - his sister - and her husband by having a prostitute seduce the husband and covertly filming them having sex.
		Kushner admitted that he paid a private investigator $25,000 to arrange for the seduction and videotaping of the cooperating witness' husband.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/nj/publicaffairs/NJ_Press/files/kush0304_r.htm (437 words)

	NJ Governor's Jewish Financial Angel: Also Clinton Backer, 'Holocaust' Appointee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Charles Kushner, the Jew who reportedly sponsored the entrance of ex-Governor James McGreevey's Israeli 'lover' Golan Cipel into the United States, was also the single largest contributor to the Senate campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000.
		Kushner made donations in the names of individual principals in the partnerships without their prior consent, getting the money to the candidates in the name of say, a manager at one of his companies.
		Kushner's own problems are now mirroring those of the Clintons: he faces three federal indictments: conspiracy to promote interstate prostitution, retaliation against a witness and obstruction of justice.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=3551 (670 words)

	RisMedia.com - New Jersey Developer Faces Two Years in Prison on Conspiracy Charges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner videotaped Schulder having sex with a prostitute in a motel room and mailed the tape to Schulder and his wife two days after Kushner's associates were told they were targets of a grand jury investigation, according to a criminal complaint.
		Kushner was the second Democratic fund-raiser in July to be criminally charged by federal authorities, and is one of several top political money men close to the governor under criminal investigation for their fund-raising tactics.
		Kushner told the woman that he would pay her $7,000 to $10,000 to have sex with Schulder on tape so "he could have leverage," the complaint said.
	www.rismedia.com /index.php/article/articleprint/7432/-1/1 (1094 words)

	AdultFYI - McGreevey Crony Pleads Guilty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner also admitted lying to federal officials about nearly $400,000 in campaign contributions he made in the names of business partners, without their knowledge, to surpass legal limits on political donations.
		Kushner, who appeared with his wife and a quartet of attorneys and was immediately surrounded by an aggressive media scrum, left the courthouse without talking to the press directly.
		Kushner admitted he paid $25,000 to a private investigator in the fall of 2003 to hire a hooker and videotape the woman having sex with his brother-in-law, William Schulder, at the Red Bull Inn in Bridgewater.
	www.adultfyi.com /read.aspx?ID=5419 (1127 words)

	Enlighten-NewJersey: Jon Corzine, The Lodestone
		Charles Kushner is now serving a two-year prison sentence in Alabama and has paid some pretty stiff fines for his various criminal acts:
		Kushner was charged with hiring a hooker to have videotaped sex in a scheme to silence potential witnesses.
		Kushner, who has given more than $5 million to Democratic campaign committees in New Jersey during the past decade, was ordered this month to pay at least $12.5 million in fines for violating federal banking laws.
	enlightennj.blogspot.com /2005/04/jon-corzine-lodestone.html (1120 words)

	Daily Record Business - Retooling an empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner Cos., based in Florham Park, has pared some of its operations since majority owner Charles Kushner pleaded guilty to 18 federal criminal charges.
		Charles Kushner has not disappeared; he has put in frequent, but not daily, appearances in recent months at the Columbia Turnpike headquarters.
		Kushner is scheduled to be sentenced Friday on charges of tax evasion, making improper campaign contributions and attempting to silence a witness.
	www.dailyrecord.com /business/business1-kushner.htm (1455 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Top fund-raiser for N.J. governor charged
		Real estate developer Charles Kushner hired a call girl to have sex with the witness, had someone videotape them, and then sent the man's wife a copy of the tape and photos, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said.
		Kushner was retaliating against the witness, a former employee of Kushner's, for cooperating in a criminal investigation of Kushner for possible tax fraud and illegal campaign contributions, and was trying to discourage him from cooperating further, Christie said.
		"Charles Kushner is one of the most respected business leaders in the community and widely known as a very generous philanthropist," his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said in a statement.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/07/13/top_fund_raiser_for_nj_governor_charged?mode=PF (417 words)

	NJJN - Two images of Kushner emerge in dueling sentencing memoranda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		An extraordinary plea for leniency by lawyers for Charles Kushner paints the real estate mogul as a man who repents the actions that led to an 18-count guilty plea on tax and obstruction of justice charges and whose sentence should be considered in light of his enormous track record of philanthropy.
		Kushner, in a letter to Linares dated Nov. 17, 2004, and included as an exhibit by his attorneys, writes that he is “ready to face whatever penalty you deem appropriate for my actions.”
		The retaliation charge surrounded charges that Kushner hired a prostitute and arranged that a videotape of her encounter with his brother-in-law, William Schulder, be sent to his wife, Esther Schulder, who is Kushner’s younger sister.
	www.njjewishnews.com /njjn.com/012005/njkushner.html (1428 words)

	Daily Record News - Kushner's real estate empire alive in Morris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner Cos., which took its present form in 1985, traces its roots back five decades to the homebuilding company founded in Elizabeth by Joseph Kushner, Charles' father and a carpenter who migrated to the United States in 1949 after surviving the Holocaust.
		Charles Kushner worked as an accountant and an attorney before joining his father in the reorganized Kushner Cos., although Joseph Kushner died after one year.
		Kushner also has associated with a number of nonprofit groups, as a donor or trustee, many of them tied to educational and Jewish causes.
	www.dailyrecord.com /news/articles/news1-kushnerside.htm (645 words)

	Home News Tribune \| Sex and video: Democratic fund-raiser facing federal charges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		NEWARK -- Multimillionaire developer Charles Kushner, the largest campaign donor to Gov. James E. McGreevey, was charged yesterday with hiring a prostitute to have videotaped sex with the spouse of a close relative who was helping federal prosecutors investigate him.
		Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the greatest philanthropists of this century," Kushner's lead lawyer Benjamin Brafman said.
		Kushner, whose parents were Holocaust survivors, was appointed by President Clinton -- for whom Kushner had raised significant political donations -- to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
	www.injersey.com /thnt/story/0,21282,1003096,00.html (843 words)

	The Trentonian - News - 07/15/2004 - Agents say McG donor blackmailed brother-in-law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner’s sister, Esther Schudler and brother-in-law, William Schudler became cooperating witnesses for the feds.
		This incensed Kushner to the point that he allegedly concocted the sex-for-flmail scheme to try to quell their cooperation.
		Kushner wanted the video’s arrival to coincide with an engagement party being given for the Schudlers’ son.
	www.trentonian.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12348304&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (713 words)

	The New York Times > New York Region > Lurid Charges Hit Top Donor to New Jersey Governor
		Charles Kushner after his indictment in a scheme to tempt witnesses with prostitutes in an effort to keep them from testifying against him.
		Kushner's, says that he and his co-conspirators mailed the incriminating tape to a relative with whom he was feuding and who was cooperating with investigators.
		Kushner, who has been the largest contributor to his campaigns over the years, donating $1.5 million for his 1997 and 2001 campaigns, the first one unsuccessful, for governor.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/07/14/nyregion/14kushner.html?ex=1247544000&en=9ea35b8db3473b82&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (881 words)

	Capital Eye - Bungled Bundles
		The FEC found that Kushner made donations in the name of his partners without first obtaining their consent, and that some contributions were attributed to individuals who were not partners at the time the donations were made.
		All told, Kushner’s partnerships, their employees and family members contributed $1.6 million in hard and soft money to federal candidates and party committees during the 1998 and 2000 election cycles, which encompass the period examined by the FEC.
		Kushner and his immediate family, including his wife and four children, contributed $163,000 to federal candidates, party committees and leadership PACs during the 1998 and 2000 election cycles, all but $5,000 to Democrats.
	www.capitaleye.org /inside.asp?ID=130 (523 words)

	Disgraced donor sentenced for seduction, campaign schemes (phillyBurbs.com) \| New Jersey News
		Kushner pleaded guilty Aug. 18, admitting that he sent a videotape of the sexual encounter to his sister in retaliation because she was cooperating in a federal investigation of his business activities.
		Kushner's plea came only five weeks after he was charged and six days after one of his prime beneficiaries, Gov. James E. McGreevey, announced he was a "gay American," said he had an extramarital homosexual affair and that he would resign Nov. 15.
		Kushner sponsored the work visa that allowed Cipel to come to the United States and gave him a $30,000-a-year job in public relations with one of his companies before Cipel got a state job.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/104-03042005-458558.html (900 words)

	Real Estate Developer To Pay $508,900 Civil Penalty to Federal Election Commission
		The FEC investigation found that the Kushner partnerships violated Commission partnership contribution regulations by failing to obtain the agreement of the partners to whom the contributions were attributed.
		Charles Kushner, as managing partner of each partnership, determined the partners to whom the contributions would be attributed.
		Charles Kushner also selected the federal political committees that would receive contributions and determined the aggregate amount of these contributions.
	www.fec.gov /press/press2004/20040630murs.html (685 words)

	Jim McGreevey and His Main Man, Charles Kushner
		Kushner, 50, was also a towering figure in the Jewish community, building schools, helping synagogues, and contributing freely to a broad variety of causes both here and in Israel.
		Kushner paid a prostitute $10,000 to lure his brother-in-law to a motel room at the Red Bull Inn in Bridgewater to have sex with him.
		Though Kushner had given the governor more than $1.5 million for his two races and was instrumental in his rise to power, the two had barely spoken in months.
	newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/people/features/9874 (1559 words)

	State Senator Peter Inverso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner has been less than forthcoming in his communications with the Legislature and the public concerning his business dealings and potential conflicts.
		Kushner's attorney later clarified this response contending that Kushner does not directly own any of the stock of the bank, but is simply a trustee.
		Kushner is not being held accountable to existing campaign finance laws much less the more stringent rules which would hold sway under Pay to Play legislation.
	www.politicsnj.com /inverso022703.htm (524 words)

	Home News Tribune \| City expects no trouble with Kushner project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kushner is also charged with having someone videotape the witness and call girl and then sending the man's wife a copy of the tape.
		Kushner is confident that once the facts are fully disclosed in a courtroom he will be completely exonerated," Brafman said.
		Kushner was fined more than $500,000 last month by the Federal Election Law Enforcement Commission for improper political campaign contributions in the name of his company.
	www.injersey.com /thnt/story/0,21282,1003389,00.html (584 words)

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