Trump grants full pardon to Russia probe figure George Papadopoulos
The White House said Papadopoulos was charged with a process-related crime, one count of making false statements, as part of the Mueller probe, which Trump had denounced as a witch hunt.
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George Papadopoulos, a former member of the foreign policy panel to Donald Trump s 2016 presidential campaign, poses for a photo before a TV interview in New York, New York, March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
President Trump Grants Wave Of Pardons And Commutations As Term Nearing End
Dec 23 2020, 12:00PM EST
United States President Donald Trump has initiated a huge wave of pardons and commutations based on recommendations from allies and media. There were a lot of familiar names who got pardoned, including men who pleaded guilty in the Robert Mueller investigation and some Republican allies who once served in Congress.
There were full pardons issued on 15 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional five people, the White House announced via Fox News.
Among those in that list include Duncan Hunter, a former GOP congressman from California, Chris Collins, a former GOP representative from New York and Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos.
President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to 15 people, including four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead and caused an international uproar over the use of private security guards in a war zone.
The others pardoned by Trump on Tuesday include George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and two former Republican legislators.
The outgoing president also pardoned Alex van der Zwaan, 36, the Dutch son-in-law of Russian billionaire German Khan.
Van der Zwaan was sentenced to 30 days in prison and fined $20,000 for lying to US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about contacts with an official in Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Donald Trump Pardons Fifteen Americans Including George Papadopoulos
President Donald Trump pardoned fifteen Americans Tuesday night, including his former campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos was charged with one count of making false statements during Special Counsel Robert Muller’s investigation into accusations of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia.
“Notably, Mueller stated in his report that he found no evidence of collusion in connection with Russia’s attempts to interfere in the election,” the statement from the White House read. “Nonetheless, the Special Counsel’s team still charged Mr. Papadopoulos with this process-related crime.”
The president also issued a pardon to Alex van der Zwaan in connection with Mueller’s investigation, as he was also charged with a process-related crime of making false statements.
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Trump grants clemency to three ex-GOP members of Congress and two men convicted in the Russia probe
Rosalind S. Helderman, Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post
Dec. 22, 2020
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WASHINGTON - President Donald 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.