Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort: A look at the 29 people President Trump pardoned or gave commutations
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
By Michael Balsamo | The Associated Press
For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-law’s father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The list also included people whose pleas for forgiveness have been promoted by those supporting the president throughout his term in office, including conservative media personalities and Republican lawmakers.
Pardons and commutations: A look at all 29 of the people Trump forgave
They include his own advisers, a Border Patrol agent, a Palm Beach County commissioner and a Miami pool cleaner.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday. Trump is spending the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. [ PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP ]
Published Dec. 24, 2020
WASHINGTON â For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-lawâs father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Muellerâs investigation.
Russian collusion was a fantasy : George Papadopoulos blasts Mueller probe for setting traps for Trump campaign and says we still need answers on how the investigation started after being pardoned by the president
Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos appeared on Fox News on Wednesday night, a day after receiving a presidential pardon
He thanked Trump before railing against his conviction and the Mueller report Russian collusion was a fantasy he claimed as he accused ‘the Obama administration’s intel agencies’ of targeting him
Papadopoulos also alleged that the Mueller investigators had ‘set various traps’ for him and other Trump campaign aides
Tonight President Trump pardoned Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and the father of Jared Kushner:
AP – President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law.
The actions bring to 49 the number of people who Trump in the last two days has granted clemency either through pardons or sentence commutations.
Below is the full statement from the White House on all who were pardoned today, including the 3 commutations:
Today, President Donald J. Trump granted Full Pardons to 26 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional 3 individuals.
Trump issues 26 more pardons, including to Paul Manafort, Roger Stone
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump
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Rebecca Ballhaus,
, The Wall Street Journal
Stone and Manafort played instrumental roles in president’s political rise; Charles Kushner is also among those pardoned
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President Trump issued 26 more pardons on Wednesday, granting clemency to individuals including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, longtime adviser Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, his son-in-law’s father.
Mr. Trump, who used the clemency power only sparingly early in his term, appears to be freely exercising it in his final weeks in office to grant reprieves to allies and associates in his political orbit. In addition to the acts of clemency announced this week, last month he pardoned his former national-security adviser Mike Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.