Posted on 06/12/2005 6:14:36 AM PDT by Liz
Democratic mega-donor Charles Kushner is in jail, but auditors are still investigating the mess he left behind at two Livingston schools that bear his family name.
Kushner ran a building fund for Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston. Three trustees of the schools, all of whom asked not to be identified, tell the Auditor they are concerned that some of the funds have not been accounted for.
The fund's balance usually runs between $6 million and $8 million.
Financial auditors hired by the board have been scouring the books for two months, and have reached no conclusion yet. "They're dragging," board president Sid Sayovitz said. "I have nothing to comment on at this point."
Asked about the audit, Kushner's spokesman Howard Rubenstein said only: "Certainly, there's no implication of any wrongdoing."
Kushner pleaded guilty to tax fraud, illegal campaign contributions and retaliating against an FBI witness -- his sister -- during an investigation of his financial dealings.
Since his conviction, his relationship with the school has become strained after he missed at least two deadlines to submit a $1 million pledge he made in return for the high school (formerly called Kushner Yeshiva High School) being renamed for his mother, Rae Kushner, who died last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Convicted felon Charles Kushner, the billionaire real estate mogul, McG's top donor, and contributor to the Clintons and the DNC, was sentenced on March 4 to two years in federal prison for his convictions on charges of assisting in the filing of false tax returns, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission.
Kushner is also serving time for retaliating against a cooperating witness, for setting up his BIL in a videotaped sex assignation Kushner had arranged with a prostitute, and had actually mailed the tape to his own sister to intimidate the two, who were federal witnesses against Kushner.
Kushner is infamous as the wealthy benefactor of high-profile Dumbocrats, including the Clintons. He donated millions to the Democratic party and was the largest single contributor to gay gov McGreevey, who was forced out of office b/c of massive corruption and his activities with gay blade Golan Cipel.
McGay stupidly installed his boyfriend, Cipel, as HomeLandSec advisor......the citizenry later discovered the individual sex-crazed McGay put in charge of their safety could not get security clearance b/c Cipel was not a US citizen.
While Cipel was working for the state's Democrat Party---his first US job in the USA---Kushner sponsored his work permit.
Cipel later threatened to out McG with a sexual harassment lawsuit which prompted McGreevey's resignation from office. At the time McG resigned, announcing that he "just found out" he was gay (poster laughs uproariously).
Nice. His own sister..
Historians will most probably dub all this as some sort of case of "Centennial National Insanity/Blindness".
And don't think this WON'T eventually touch corzine.
Gee, I really admire your industriousness.
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That's a nice list, don't lose it, we may need it for the 2008 election campaign.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1352722/posts
New Jersey - Corruption and Scandal BUMP LIST
Oh course not!
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HEY, LET'S BE FAIR!!! Doesn't Kusner have a "To Whom It May Concern," blank presidential pardon that he bought from Willie on Willie's last day in office? I thought Kusner's name was on the pardon lis, right after Marc Rich, with the handwritten memo, "Paid in Full."
Lawyer got paid a lot of coin to say that (smirk).
And to paraphrase venerable Mark Twain:
"First God made idiots, for practice. Then he made politicians."
1. Kushner was a business partner with Corzine
2.Kushner set Mcgreevy up with Cipel to control and compromise McGreevy
3.Does anyone believe Corzine didn't know?
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Heh...nice zinger.
Are you serious?
Is there a list someplace of all that have been pardoned?
I found a list of pardons here:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pardons6.htm
I don't see Kushner.
Please, please, please Doug Forrester! Please make sure the link between Kushner and Corzine is exposed!
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