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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 former GOP congressman from California and a Trump ally, was also pardoned after pleading guilty to misu...

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 five others. Among those granted clemency were Republican former Reps. Duncan Hunter of California an...

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 and local music producer Weldon Angelos are among the 20 people who either had their sentences commut...

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 up dirt on Hillary Clinton. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s inves...

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, 52, will now be freed from prison because of Trump's action. Trump, who has been harshly critical of ...