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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

French ministers to boycott US ambassador amid furious row over comments on death of far-right activist

Donald Trump’s ambassador to Paris has been blocked from access to the government, the French foreign minister said, amid a growing row over American interference in the death of a far-right political activist.

Charles Kushner, the top US diplomat in France and father of Trump adviser Jared Kushner, was blocked after he failed to attend a summons on Monday to discuss the comments, minister Joel-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.

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