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Here is a link to Gawker's take on this. Gawker's take isn't really important. The relevant part is that outside of one other website maintained by a freeper, politicsnj.com was the ONLY political website in NJ that has thoroughly covered the Charles Kushner political corruption scandals. Now Charles Kushner's son Jared owns the website. Everyone should be forewarned about the major changes about to take place, and the probable deletion of the comprehensive reporting on the Kushner clan's corruption in the state. The owners of the politicsnj.com websites made their buck, and professional soundbite makers in NJ will continue to...

Millionaire real estate developer Charles Kushner is home.......he will be back at the firm he founded before his downfall on tax fraud and other charges. The one-time political heavyweight was released from a Newark halfway house Friday after finishing what remained of a reduced sentence....... Kushner, a prominent philanthropist who has given millions to schools, hospitals and charities, and contributed to the campaigns of politicians including former Gov. James E. McGreevey, toppled from grace in 2004 after a lengthy investigation into his finances. He admitted to making campaign contributions in the names of partners and cheating on his taxes by...

Charles Kushner, the Port Authority commissioner who is New Jersey Governor James McGreevey’s choice to be the agency’s next chairman, may soon find the dreaded appellation "embattled" attached to his name. Mr. Kushner is facing a whistle-blower lawsuit that could jeopardize his appointment to head the Port Authority—an appointment he doubtless helped to secure through generous contributions to New Jersey Democrats. He was the single largest donor to Mr. McGreevey’s campaign fund last year; to Hillary Clinton’s in 2000 and 2001; and to Senator Robert Torricelli’s in 1999 and 2001. Kushner companies collectively provided the largest bundle of contributions to...

Companies, partnerships and individuals connected to Charles J. Kushner have given over $1 million ($1,008,600) to federal candidates and national party committees in 1999-2000. The operation involved at least 72 partnership/companies and 75 individuals/employees in and around Florham Park, New Jersey. The principal recipients were the Democratic National Committee ($383,300); Committee For Working Families ($140,000), a federal political action committee linked to Mayor Jim McGreevey of Woodbridge, NJ; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ($100,000, of which $38,000 was returned); Hillary Clinton ($79,250); Jon Corzine ($72,000); Senator Robert Torricelli ($57,000); and former Vice President Al Gore ($51,000). The employee relationship, timing and bundling...

<p>New Jersey fund-raiser charged Prosecutors say developer tried to block federal probe NEW YORK (CNN) -- Real estate developer and political fund-raiser Charles Kushner of Livingston, New Jersey, was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie for New Jersey. In February 2003, Christie's office began investigating Kushner for alleged violation of federal tax and fraud statutes and for purported violation of federal campaign contribution laws. According to the indictment, two of the cooperating witnesses in the investigation -- a married couple described as close relatives of Kushner -- provided information against him to federal investigators.</p>

July 14, 2004 Lurid Charges Hit Top Donor to New Jersey GovernorBy RONALD SMOTHERS EWARK, July 13 - Gov. James E. McGreevey's top contributor was charged on Tuesday in a bizarre scheme to enlist prostitutes in an effort to silence potential witnesses in a federal investigation of possible illegal campaign contributions.In a criminal complaint that reads like a plot line from an Elmore Leonard novel, Charles Kushner, a New Jersey landowner and businessman with close ties to many religious and political figures, was charged with hiring prostitutes to entice his brother-in-law and his accountant into sexually compromising situations.The complaint says...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Real estate developer and political fund-raiser Charles Kushner of Livingston, New Jersey, was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution.The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie for New Jersey.In February 2003, Christie's office began investigating Kushner for alleged violation of federal tax and fraud statutes and for purported violation of federal campaign contribution laws.According to the indictment, two of the cooperating witnesses in the investigation -- a married couple described as close relatives of Kushner -- provided information against him to federal investigators.The indictment alleges...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Real estate developer and political fund-raiser Charles Kushner of Livingston, New Jersey, was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie for New Jersey. In February 2003, Christie's office began investigating Kushner for alleged violation of federal tax and fraud statutes and for purported violation of federal campaign contribution laws. According to the indictment, two of the cooperating witnesses in the investigation -- a married couple described as close relatives of Kushner -- provided information against him to federal...

TRENTON — A fund-raiser for New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey pleaded guilty yesterday to charges he solicited $40,000 in cash and campaign donations as part of a shakedown scheme in which the governor has been implicated. David D'Amiano, 44, entered his plea to two fraud charges 10 weeks after being charged with extortion, bribery and other offenses in an indictment that also said an unidentified state official used the code word "Machiavelli" to show that political officials were helping. McGreevey acknowledged he is the state official referred to. But he insisted he did nothing wrong, and said the mention of...

New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey is the embodiment of a new reality, in which homosexuality is the last refuge of scoundrels. New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey has managed to snatch martyrdom from the jaws of damnation. He would have the public believe that he didn't resign his governorship on August 12 because of the scandals that sprouted from his administration like crabgrass, but because he was the victim of a homophobic society. Since August 12, the socialist, mainstream media have worked their butts off, painting sympathetic portraits of McGreevey, who in spite of having resigned, refuses to leave office. McGreevey...

While the socialist, mainstream media have worked their butts off, painting sympathetic portraits of "gay" New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who sort of resigned on August 12, but who refuses to leave office, some hard-heads have insisted on committing journalism. McGreevey, the man who campaigned that he would "change the way things are done in Trenton," has proved to be as corrupt a chief executive as any in the history of a state that my colleague from New Jersey, Alan Caruba, has argued is the most crooked in the country. Caruba wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "If anyone thinks his...

Official: Kushner To Plead Guilty Charles Kushner Is Gov. McGreevey's Top Donor Aug 17, 2004 4:14 pm US/EasternTRENTON (AP) A top gubernatorial donor who is accused of having a prostitute seduce a government witness is to plead guilty Wednesday, a federal official said. The plea by Charles Kushner is to be taken at 11 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares in Newark, an aide to the judge said Tuesday. The court calendar did not specify what charge or charges were involved, the aide said. A federal official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hearing would be for...

Top Dem fund-raiser charged with trying to block federal probe The Associated Press 7/13/2004, 12:40 p.m. ET NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged Gov. James E. McGreevey's top fund-raiser with hiring a prostitute to try to thwart a federal probe, authorities said Tuesday. Real estate developer Charles Kushner hired a New York City call girl to have sex with a witness in the investigation, had the sex act videotaped and sent the witness' wife a copy of the tape, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said. Kushner, 50, of Livingston, is charged with conspiracy, obstructing a federal investigation and...

<p>July 14, 2004 -- The top fund-raiser for New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey hired a New York City prostitute to seduce a key witness in a federal fraud case — and then sent a steamy videotape of the encounter to the witness' wife, prosecutors said yesterday. 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.</p>

<p>The accountant who claimed last year that real estate magnate Charles Kushner improperly diverted millions of dollars for personal and political use charges in a new lawsuit that Kushner vowed "to ruin" his life after learning of the allegations.</p> <p>Robert Yontef said Kushner made the promise last June, after Yontef began cooperating with Kushner's brother and partner, Murray Kushner, in a fierce feud over the family's holdings.</p>

<p>Even as Gov. James E. McGreevey publicly stood by Charles Kushner yesterday, people close to the governor were quietly urging the embattled developer to surrender his bid to become chairman of the Port Authority, three sources familiar with the talks said yesterday.</p>

Kushner allegedly interfered with probe NEWARK The man, described by his well-tanned attorney as "one of the great philanthropists of this century," had no belt, no tie. But Charlie Kushner, the multimillion-dollar real estate mogul who became Governor McGreevey's top campaign contributor, definitely had leg irons and handcuffs as he shuffled into a federal courtroom Tuesday and came face to face with a problem that no amount of cash may erase. During the past two years, The Record has printed major investigative articles about fund-raising conflicts involving both Charles Kushner and Commerce Bank. For background on Tuesday's events, check: Paying...

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has entered into conciliation agreements with Charles Kushner, a New Jersey-based real estate developer, and 40 partnership entities he controls. The agreements settle an investigation stemming from over $500,000 in contributions that the partnerships made without obtaining the agreement of the individual partners to whom the contributions were attributed. The contributions were made between December 5, 1997 and August 17, 2000 for the 1999-2000 election cycle. Recipients of these contributions included 13 candidate committees, one party committee and one PAC. The conciliation agreement with the Kushner Respondents resulted in a civil penalty of $508,900. The...

FEC levels one of largest fines against NJ developer Wednesday June 30, 2004 By DONNA DE LA CRUZ Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Election Commission on Wednesday leveled one of its largest fines ever against a New Jersey developer for contributing money to political candidates in the names of his partnerships when he did not have the authority to do so. Charles Kushner, a major Democratic Party donor, agreed to pay FEC $508,900, said FEC spokesman George Smaragdis. The FEC investigation focused on $540,900 contributed to various political candidates and committees between Dec. 5, 1997 and Aug. 17,...

<p>TRENTON -- Wealthy developer Charles Kushner twice amended his financial disclosure statement last week to clarify his relationship with NorCrown Bank, trying but failing to quell demands for him to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.</p> <p>At one point last week, Kushner's lawyer said his client owned nearly 100 percent of the bank, which would make hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations he has made illegal. The lawyer retracted that, but critics say Kushner still isn't forthcoming in ethics disclosures.</p>

Pledge to yield $113,000 is largest from a politician U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine and a national Democratic fund-raising committee he runs are giving up $113,000 in campaign contributions received over the years from real estate developer Charles Kushner, party officials said yesterday. Kushner was arrested Tuesday by federal agents on charges of obstructing a federal investigation into his finances and campaign contributions. Prosecutors accuse him of hiring prostitutes to have sex with two government witnesses, and say he sent a secretly recorded videotape of an encounter between a prostitute and one of the witnesses -- identified by sources as Kushner's...

Call girl scandal has got the right ring for the GOP Thursday, July 15, 2004 There is nothing like a call girl to bring down a government. When I was 12 years old, for example, I can remember bicycling to the park with my friends as we discussed the Profumo scandal in England. Who was Profumo? We didn't know. We did know the name of one of the call girls, however: Mandy Rice-Davies. I still remember it to this day. When I did a Google search on her, I found out that the affair brought down the government of Harold...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged Gov. James E. McGreevey's top fund-raiser with hiring a prostitute to try to thwart a federal probe, authorities said Tuesday. Real estate developer Charles Kushner hired a New York City call girl to have sex with a witness in the investigation, had the sex act videotaped and sent the witness' wife a copy of the tape, U.S. attorney Christopher J. Christie said. Kushner, 50, is charged with conspiracy, obstructing a federal investigation and promoting interstate prostitution, Christie said. Kushner was under criminal investigation for possible tax fraud and illegal campaign contributions,...

<p>TRENTON -- Gov. McGreevey relied on exaggerated anti-terrorism credentials to justify hiring a 33-year-old Israeli national, Golan Cipel, as a highly paid adviser, a Gannett New Jersey investigation revealed.</p> <p>The overstated credentials of Cipel, a low-level officer in the Israeli reserves who worked in public relations at the Israeli Consulate in New York, add to a series of questions that have been raised since McGreevey hired the Israeli citizen early this year for a $110,000-a-year post in the governor's office.</p>