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Donald Trump Pardons Former Aides Convicted During Mueller Investigation, Son-In-Law s Father
Prominent among those pardoned on Wednesday include Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, who were convicted during the Robert Mueller investigations.
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US President Donald Trump has pardoned 29 individuals, including former aides convicted during the Robert Mueller investigations on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 elections and his son-in-law s father.
Prominent among those pardoned on Wednesday include Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, who were convicted during the Robert Mueller investigations.
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President Trump issued another round of pardons Wednesday evening, including for his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, Trump campaign associate Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law and Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner.
“Today, President Trump president has issued a full and complete pardon to Paul Manafort, stemming from convictions prosecuted in the course of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation, which was premised on the Russian collusion hoax. Mr. Manafort has already spent two years in prison, including a stretch of time in solitary confinement – treatment worse than what many of the most violent criminals receive,” the White House released in a statement. “As a result of blatant prosecutorial overreach, Mr. Manafort has endured years of unfair treatment and is one of the most prominent victims of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in American hist
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 Pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Jared Kushner’s Father
President pardoned 26 people in second round of pardons in as many daysDaniel Goldblatt | December 23, 2020 @ 4:49 PM Last Updated: December 23, 2020 @ 4:56 PM
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced 26 new pardons, headlined by his good friend Roger Stone, his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Manafort and Stone were both indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller and convicted of several crimes related to the Russia investigation. Manafort served two years behind bars for bank and tax fraud, illegal foreign lobbying and witness tampering and Stone had his sentence commuted by Trump just before he was due to begin serving his time.