France has blocked Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador and father of Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner, from meeting French government officials. This happened after Kushner failed to appear when summoned by French authorities to discuss comments made by the U.S. State Department. The State Department had attributed the beating death of a far-right activist to “violent radical leftism,” which France saw as interference in its internal affairs.
France’s foreign minister responded by cutting off Kushner’s access to government members, citing an “apparent misunderstanding of the most basic expectations” of an ambassadorship. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated the decision “will naturally affect his ability to carry out his mission in our country.”
