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comments The first lady, 50, was pictured wrapped up with her husband Donald boarding Air Force One Wednesday  On arrival in the Sunshine State - where temperatures reached 75F - she had opted for a polka dot dress  The Trumps will spend the holiday period at Mar-a-Lago and are scheduled to enjoy a 10-day visit at the resort  Trump left having pardoned 29 more loyalists like Jared Kushners father, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone He also spent the day engaging in some saber-rattling from 30,000...

23 Dec 2020 President Donald Trump issued another round of pardons on Wednesday to sixteen people, including his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, his sometimes adviser Roger Stone, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charlie Kushner. Charlie Kushner was prosecuted in 2005 by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was New Jersey’s Attorney General at the time. Kushner, a top donor to Democrats, plead guilty to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering, and making illegal c...

The Nebraska Senator blasted Trumps pardons in a terse statement  This is rotten to the core President Donald Trump announced 29 more pardons Wednesday, after giving 20 on Tuesday  He rewarded loyalists like Jared Kushners father, his former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his longtime crony Roger Stone  Kushner family was greatly embarrassed by the prosecution of Charles Kushner His tawdry crime included setting up his brother-in-law with a prostitute, videotaping it and then trying to...

Again and again in Donald Trump’s Washington, it’s about who you know.  That was the case Wednesday night with the President’s latest wave of pardons as he prepares to leave the White House. Most everyone on the list either had a connection to the Big Man themselves or friends in high places willing to make their case.  In that sense, Wednesday’s list was much the same as Tuesday’s before it, accompanied by a White House statement chock full of Republican congressmen and television ...

Ex-Michigan congressman among those pardoned by Trump Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 Former U.S. Rep. Mark Siljander, who represented Southwest Michigan in the 1980s, is photographed outside of a Kansas City, Missouri, federal courthouse in 2010. (Associated Press file photo) Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI – Former Michigan Republican congressman Mark Siljander, who served a one-year prison sentence for obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent, has been pa...

Siljander served time for charges related to work he did for an Islamic charity that federal authorities had linked to terrorist groups.

Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort: A look at the 29 people President Trump pardoned or gave commutations Updated Dec 24, 2020; By Michael Balsamo | The Associated Press For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-law’s father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The list also included people w...

Fred Upton stunned by Trump pardon for ex-Michigan congressman Katherine Doyle © Provided by Washington Examiner President Trumps eleventh-hour pardon of a former Michigan congressman accused of accepting stolen funds to lobby on behalf of an alleged terrorist fundraising ring has drawn rebuke from the districts current officeholder. Republican Rep. Fred Upton said he is "beyond disappointed" and "stunned" by the pardon for Mark Siljander, who was indicted on federal charges o...

Pardons and commutations: A look at all 29 of the people Trump forgave They include his own advisers, a Border Patrol agent, a Palm Beach County commissioner and a Miami pool cleaner.     President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday. Trump is spending the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. [ PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP ] Published Dec. 24, 2020 WASHINGTON — For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump ...

He faced charges related to work for Islamic charity that feds linked to terrorist groups. Siljander sentenced to a year in prison for obstruction of justice, failing to register as foreign agent His is one of dozens of pardons and commutations Trump has issued in last days in office YouTube Mark Siljander served time in prison on charges related to work for an Islamic charity that federal offcials linked to terrorist groups. President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Republican congressman ...