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.
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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 â 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-lawâs father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Muellerâs investigation.
Here are the high-profile pardons and commutations Trump has granted during his presidency
The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency both from the President, and from members of his inner circle looking for protection before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office.
While Trump has continued to falsely insist publicly that he won the presidential election rather than Biden, the President’s pardon of former national security adviser Michael Flynn was a sign Trump understands his time in office is coming to a close. The President announced a wave of pardons in the days before Christmas, kicking off what is expected to be a flurry of pardons and commutations in the coming weeks as he concludes his term.
The pardon once again highlighted the long shadow cast on the White House by the investigation into Russia s interference in the 2016 election, which resulted in the prosecution of six former aides to the president. The Manafort pardon was the latest in a series given to former aides caught up in that investigation – and underscored the president s desire to deal with the fallout of that probe.
On the heels of another round of clemency just a day earlier, Trump granted pardons to 26 people on Wednesday and commuted part or all of the sentences of three more people. The move followed a tradition of presidents granting pardons – often controversial – during their remaining days in the White House.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump continued his string of pardons Wednesday night, wiping felonies from the records of Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, two political advisers who were convicted in