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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.
There are no obstacles to resolving the Gulf crisis at the political level, Qatar’s foreign minister has said, days after confirming there was movement on easing the diplomatic dispute that has pitted the Gulf neighbours against each other.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a diplomatic, trade and travel boycott on Qatar in June 2017, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism and having ties with Iran that were deemed too close.
Qatar has repeatedly rejected the accusations as baseless while highlighting its readiness for dialogue.
Speaking on Wednesday during a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said the Gulf crisis should be resolved by dialogue, respect of sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.
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2020-12-23 17:01:04 GMT2020-12-24 01:01:04(Beijing Time) Sina English
Governor of Morocco’s capital Rabat Mohamed Yacoubi (3rd left) welcoming US Presidential adviser Jared Kushner (central) and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat (right) upon arrival in the capital on the first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight.
A US-Israeli delegation signed agreements with Morocco in Rabat on Tuesday, cementing a normalization of relations between the Jewish state and the North African country.
The visiting delegation, led by Jared Kushner son-in-law and adviser to outgoing United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security adviser Meir Ben Shabbat, arrived in Rabat from Tel Aviv on the first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco.