| Kurson, a former New York Observer editor and a close friend of former president Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was charged Wednesday in a New York state eavesdropping and computer trespassing case months after receiving a federal pardon as he faced similar harassment allegations. Kurson's arrest marks what is likely to be the first instance of a local prosecutor pursuing state-level charges against a person after that individual was given a pass by Trump for the same alleged conduct that federal authorities had pursued. | 
