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Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency 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.  Dr. Costa’s request for clemency was supported by Dr. Ben Carson and Jerome Bettis, as well as by numerous business associates, patients, and community leaders from Pittsbur...

From Blackwater Contractors to Ex-Campaign Aides: Who’s Who of Donald Trumps Lame Duck Pardons © REUTERS / CHERISS MAY Subscribe Donald Trump announced a wave of pardons on Tuesday to over a dozen individuals ahead of his anticipated exit from the White House, after his Democratic opponent in the election on 3 November Joe Biden was officially proclaimed President-elect. Donald Trump on Tuesday granted clemency to a slew of convicted criminals, in ...

Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies FILE - President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington. (Source: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By Associated Press | December 22, 2020 at 6:19 PM CST - Updated December 23 at 6:35 PM WASHINGTON...

December 23, 2020 1:19 p.m. “You scratch my back,” the saying goes, “and I’ll scratch yours… and yours… and yours…”  The latest list of presidential pardons and commutations Tuesday night not only featured a long list of the President’s political allies, but also an even longer list of people who recommended those allies for the greatest gift a president can give.  The prime example was Steve Stockman, the Tea Partying former Texas congressman convicted...

editorial@post-journal.com FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his insider-trading case, in New York. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Collins. Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump to be president, was sentenced to two years and two months in federal prison after admitting he helped his son and others dodge...

President  Donald Trump pardoned 15 people and commuted the sentences of an additional five people on Tuesday (December 22). The biggest name to receive a presidential pardon was former Trump campaign advisor  George Papadopoulos, who was convicted of making false statements to investigators during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference. Alex van der Zwaan, who also pleaded guilty to lying to investigators, received a pardon as well. Duncan Hunter, a form...

Trump pardons former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, ex-GOP congressmen and others Dartunorro Clark © Provided by NBC News President Donald Trump pardoned former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos on Tuesday, along with over a dozen other people, including several former congressmen who have long been Republican allies of the president. The White House said in a statement that Trump was granting full pardons to 15 people and commuting parts or all of the sentences of f...

Utah Rep. Phil Lyman receives presidential pardon for ATV ride on protected land Kyle Dunphey and Associated Press © Rick Bowmer, AP 20151218 San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman arrives at the federal courthouse on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Lyman was sentenced to 10 days in jail and three years of probation for an illegal ATV protest ride in a southern Utah canyon. President Donald Trump pardoned him Tuesday. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman a...

December 22, 2020 7:44 p.m. President Trump went on pardon tear Tuesday night as his presidency wanes, with the White House announcing grants of clemency for key figures in the 2016 Russia investigation and for congressional allies of Trump who were prosecuted during his administration. Trump granted a full pardon to his former 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who kickstarted the Russian investigation when he told a foreign diplomat about Russia’s efforts to dig...

Others who received pardons included two former Republican congressmen who admitted committing financial-related crimes. Trump also commuted all or some of the criminal sentences of five other people, as the president faces his last month in office. One of those people, south Florida health-care facility owner Philip Esformes, was sentenced in September 2019 to 20 years in prison for what prosecutors said was "the largest health care fraud ever charged by the Department of Justice." Esformes, 5...