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The New York Daily News reports:
A close friend of Jared Kushner was slapped with state harassment charges Wednesday — nearly eight months after he scored a last-minute pardon from President Donald Trump wiping away federal charges for the same alleged cyberstalking campaign.
Ken Kurson, 52, the former editor-in-chief of the New York Observer, was charged last year in Brooklyn Federal Court with stalking and harassing three victims he blamed for his 2015 divorce.
The felony eavesdropping and harassment charges filed by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance revolve around the same alleged conduct. Kurson arrived in Manhattan Supreme Court in handcuffs, sporting beige slacks and a blue gingham shirt.
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A close friend of Jared Kushner was slapped with state harassment charges — nearly eight months after he scored a last-minute pardon from President Donald Trump wiping away federal charges for the same alleged cyberstalking campaign.https://t.co/EniGjXf4ni
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 18, 2021
NEW: Ken Kurson, former editor-in-chief of the New York Observer and associate of Jared Kushner has been hit was cyberstalking related charges by Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance.
Vance says in part, “we will not accept presidential pardons as get-out-of-jail-free cards.”
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) August 18, 2021
Prosecutors in Manhattan say Kurson placed spyware on his wife’s computer obtain passwords to her Gmail and Facebook accounts while running the Observer.
Kurson was charged by federal prosecutors on similar types of crimes last October but was pardoned by former president Trump
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) August 18, 2021
Months after he was pardoned by Donald Trump, a former editor of The New York Observer was charged with two felonies in New York. Ken Kurson, a close friend of Jared Kushner, is accused of spying on his former wife by unlawfully accessing her computer. https://t.co/oVrUV8JsB6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 18, 2021