<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/france" rel="" target="" title="French government"><span>French government</span></a><span> has cut off </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-election-all-the-people-donald-trump-second-administration-in-photos/130f57fe-f5d5-42bd-af4e-a750d9b79d72" rel="" target="" title="the US ambassador"><span>the US ambassador</span></a><span> after he snubbed a meeting with the foreign minister.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-most-controversial-pardons-joe-arpaio-scooter-libby-war-criminals/9150fd85-0f7b-434d-ab78-f07ff4982418" rel="" target="" title="Charles Kushner"><span>Charles Kushner</span></a><span> will no longer be able to directly access French government officials, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kushner, the father of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s son-in-law Jared, had been summoned to the meeting after the US embassy weighed in on the death of a French political activist.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-judges-tariff-decision-usa-news-latest-supreme-court/bbbd3c3d-82fc-436a-8654-9cc7e5d26527"><strong><span>'I can destroy the country': Trump's rant after Supreme Court strikes down his key policy</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Quentin Deranque, 23, was beaten to death in Lyon by unidentified masked men.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Deranque's death prompted a response from the US State Department.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/charles-kusher-donald-trump-french-ambassador-france-usa-news/762a41ae-22eb-4133-800a-e47b22af0cee" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role in Quentin Deranque's death demonstrates the threat it poses to public safety. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will continue to monitor the situation and expect to see the perpetrators of violence brought to justice."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The French government took umbrage at the statement, viewing it as an inappropriate interjection into a domestic issue.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/trump-tower-on-gold-coast-australia-petitions-launched-in-response/83f92312-b767-4d78-8530-7c6e87046dc0"><strong><span>Gold Coast Trump hotel design unveiled as locals fiercely oppose plans</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/alexei-navalny-killed-by-poisoned-russian-dart/c48dde5f-253c-44b1-82e2-def50926f04c" rel="" target="" title="Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot"><span>Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot</span></a><span> summoned Kushner for a meeting overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Kushner did not turn up, the French government cut him off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In light of this apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission, the minister has requested that he no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government," a statement read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kushner, a real estate billionaire, was jailed in 2005 in a messy witness tampering case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Kushner's sister's husband agreed to co-operate with authorities against him, he hired a prostitute to seduce him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He then sent a surreptitiously filmed video of his brother-in-law with the prostitute to his sister.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-compares-himself-to-john-f-kennedy-abraham-lincoln-after-gunman-killed-at-mar-a-lago/bd769b7f-b643-4d11-ba17-9d459dca2427"><strong><span>Trump compares himself to Lincoln, JFK after Mar-a-Lago shooting</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump issued a full pardon to Kushner in 2020.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Before being nominated to the plum posting in 2024, Kushner had no experience in diplomacy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Trump administration has still not nominated an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="ambassador to Australia"><span>ambassador to Australia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/six-names-in-epstein-files-redacted--ro-khanna-thomas-massie-usa-news/5dca7843-114e-4188-89da-dbb1f291b6fa"><strong><span>Trump in the unredacted Epstein files 'a million times'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div 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