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A Marine stands outside the entrance to the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.
Trump’s actions in his final weeks in office show a president who is wielding his executive power to reward loyalists and others who he believes have been wronged by a legal system he sees as biased against him and his allies. On Tuesday, Trump issued the pardons not an unusual act for an outgoing president even as he refused to publicly acknowledge his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, who will be sworn in on Jan. 20.
Trump has pardoned or commuted 6 Floridiansâ sentences in recent weeks
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In this Nov. 15 photo, Roger Stone exits federal court Washington. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, including Stone. [ JULIO CORTEZ | AP ]
Updated Dec. 24, 2020
President Donald Trump this week granted full pardons and commutations to more than two dozen people who were convicted of federal charges, including a handful with connections to Florida, the outgoing presidentâs adopted home.
For some of his closest allies like Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, the White House defended the pardons by calling their indictments âblatant prosecutorial overreachâ in a statement.
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
Trump s actions in his final weeks in office show a president who is wielding his executive power to reward loyalists
President
Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.
Trump’s actions in his final weeks in office show a president who is wielding his executive power to reward loyalists and others who he believes have been wronged by a legal system he sees as biased against him and his allies. On Tuesday, Trump issued the pardons not an unusual act for an outgoing president even as he refused to publicly acknowledge his election loss to Democrat
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
A Marine stands outside the entrance to the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a motions hearing in San Diego. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Hunter, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter’s birthday party. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)