Seven months after he was granted a pardon by then-President Donald Trump, Ken Kurson was arrested in New York on cyber-stalking charges.
The pardon announcement also said that the investigation was only undertaken because Kurson was nominated for a role within the Trump administration.In this Feb. 20, 2013, file photo, Jared Kushner and Ken Kurson attend an event in New York.
According to both the current and prior charging documents, the FBI discovered Kurson's allegedly illegal conduct during a background check after the Trump administration offered him a seat on the board of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Kurson helped manage Giuliani's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008, and in 2013 was named the editor of The New York Observer by Kushner, who owned the newspaper. Kurson resigned from that position in 2017.
In the federal indictment, Kurson stood accused of harassing three unnamed people, including his ex-wife and another person he blamed for his divorce. Kurson, who denied wrongdoing, allegedly targeted the individual with negative reviews on Yelp along with threatening messages and anonymous calls. "We will not accept presidential pardons as get-out-of-jail-free cards for the well-connected in New York," District Attorney Cy Vance said in a statement."As alleged in the complaint, Mr. Kurson launched a campaign of cybercrime, manipulation, and abuse from his perch at the New York Observer, and now the people of New York will hold him accountable.
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