FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria stands a hallway during the VIP opening of Art Basel at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami Beach, Fla. The Kushner family, which has close ties to the White House, put the brakes on its negotiations to buy the Miami Marlins because of a report team owner Jeffrey Loria may be nominated by President Trump to become ambassador to France. Joshua Kushner, whose older brother is an adviser to the president, has a preliminary agreement to buy the Marlins. But in a statement released late Wednesday by Kushner's brother-in-law, Joseph Meyer, the family expressed concern the sale might "complicate" the ambassadorship appointment. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)