Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
A Marine stands outside the entrance to the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a motions hearing in San Diego. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Hunter, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter’s birthday party. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
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Trump pardons 15, including ex-GOP congressmen, 2016 campaign adviser ensnared in Russia probe and Blackwater contractors
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Former Skadden associate is among 20 people granted clemency by Trump
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Among those pardoned by President Donald Trump on Tuesday is a former associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, who pleaded guilty in the special counsel probe of Russian election influence in 2016.
The associate, Alexander van der Zwaan, was sentenced to 30 days in prison in April 2018 for lying to investigators.
Trump pardoned 15 people in all and granted commutations to five others, report Law.com, the Washington Post, Politico and the New York Times. A White House press release is here.
Van der Zwaan had pleaded guilty in February 2018 to lying in connection with his Ukraine work as a lawyer for Skadden. The law firm was hired in 2012 by the Ukraine Ministry of Justice, with the assistance of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, to prepare a report on the trial of a former Ukraine prime minister who was a political rival to the man who was then the leader o