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
Donald Trump issues new pardons - Stone, Manafort, Kushner amongst them Thu, 24 Dec 2020, 2:07PM
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner s father, Charles.
Donald Trump issues new pardons - Stone, Manafort, Kushner amongst them Thu, 24 Dec 2020, 2:07PM
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner s father, Charles.
The pardons extend Trump s streak of wielding his clemency powers for criminals who are loyalists, well-connected or adjacent to his family. While all presidents issue controversial pardons at the end of their terms, Trump appears to be moving at a faster pace than his predecessors, demonstrating little inhibition at
December 23, 2020 7:52 p.m.
The White House on Wednesday night announced President Trump’s latest slew of pardon recipients, which included Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner.
Trump had previously commuted the 40-month prison sentence Roger Stone received for lying to Congress during its Russia investigation. On Wednesday, Trump gave his longtime pal a full pardon.
Manafort who had been prosecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for various financial crimes and for unregistered foreign lobbying. He had been allowed to leave prison and serve his sentence on house arrest during the COVID-19 outbreak due to health concerns.
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.