Trump grants clemency to 20 people, including three former GOP members of Congress and two men convicted in the Russia probe Rosalind Helderman, Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey
Trump grants clemency to 20 people
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Replay Video UP NEXT President Trump granted clemency on Tuesday to 20 people, including three former Republican members of Congress and two people who were convicted of crimes as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He also pardoned four military contractors convicted of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007, and extended clemency to several people convicted of drug offenses, including some who had already benefited from initial commutations.
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President Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of 15 pardons and commutations, including clemency for high-profile individuals convicted during the Mueller investigation, three former Republican congressmen, and four military contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians.
Among those pardoned by the president are George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to the 2016 Trump campaign who pled guilty to lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation and spent 12 days in jail, and Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch lawyer who pled guilty to lying to Mueller investigators and served 30 days in prison.
Trump’s wave of pardons includes campaign aide, former congressmen
In this Dec. 7, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump is in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
by: Pamela Brown, Kevin Liptak and Katelyn Polantz, CNN
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Dec 22, 2020 / 08:44 PM EST
(CNN) President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s investigation, as well as ones for Republican allies who once served in Congress and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians.
The pardons of former campaign aide George Papadopoulos, former US congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, and the four Blackwater guards involved in the Iraq massacre kick off what is expected to be a flurry of pardons and commutations in the coming weeks as Trump concludes his term.
Trump pardons Papadopoulos and former Republican members of Congress in raft of clemency grants John Fritze, David Jackson, Michael Collins and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Presidential pardons: Which president used their power the most?
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump granted a pardon late Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who admitted lying to the FBI, as well as two former Republican members of Congress who were early supporters of the president.
The names were among 15 pardons and five commutations announced Tuesday as Trump s final days in the White House drew to a close, and they drew swift criticism from Democrats and others who said they undermined the rule of law.
Prez Trump issues 15 full pardons and 5 commutations on Festivus eve
As detailed in this White House press release, titled Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency, Prez Trump issued a set of notable clemency grants this evening. Here are the basics from the statement:
Today, President Donald J. Trump granted Full Pardons to 15 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional 5 individuals.
Alfonso Costa President Trump granted a full pardon to Alfonso Costa, a dentist from Pittsburgh.
Alfred Lee Crum President Trump granted Alfred Lee Crum a full pardon..
Crystal Munoz Today, President Trump commuted Crystal Munoz’s remaining term of supervised release, having previously commuted her sentence of incarceration after she had served 12 years in prison..