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Trump Issues 26 More Pardons, Including Manafort, Stone © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump issued 26 more pardons on Wednesday, granting clemency to individuals including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, longtime adviser Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, his son-in-law’s father. Mr. Trump, who used the clemency power only sparingly early in his term, appears to be freely exercising it in his final weeks in office to grant reprieves to allies and associates in his political orbit. In addition to the acts of clemency announced this week, last month he pardoned his former n...

Trump pardons Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone in latest wave of clemency grants Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey, Colby Itkowitz, Jonathan O'Connell © Tom Brenner/Reuters President Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday. President Trump on Wednesday granted pardons or other clemency to another 29 people, including real estate developer Charles Kushner, his son-in-law’s father, and two former advisers who were convicted as part of the FBI’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — once again using his ...

Michigan Republican ‘stunned’ by President Trump’s pardon of ex-congressman Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) speaks during 2018 6th Congressional District general election debate. (Daniel Vasta | MLive.com)Daniel Vasta Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI – U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today criticized President Donald Trump’s pardon of his predecessor, Mark Siljander, who had ties to an Islamic charity alleged to have funded a terrorist group. Siljander, who was sentenced to one year in 2010, was among 29 on Wednesday, Dec. 23, to recei...

Credit Congress.gov A former Michigan congressman is among those receiving a pre-Christmas pardon from President Donald Trump. Mark Siljander represented southwest Michigan in Washington from 1981 until 1987. At the time, he was a described as a dogmatic social conservative and fundamentalist Christian.  While in Washington, he successfully passed legislation that no U.S. funds may be used to lobby for abortion. It’s known as the Siljander Amendment. But it was his work in the early 2000’s as a lobbyist for a Muslim charity that landed him in federal prison. Federal prosecutors alleged ...

The White House Today, President Donald J. Trump granted Full Pardons to 26 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional 3 individuals. James Kassouf – President Trump granted a full pardon to James Kassouf. This pardon is supported by former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Representative David Joyce, Representative Darrell Issa, Pastor Darrell Scott, and many friends in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Kassouf pled guilty in 1989 to one count of filing a false tax return. Since his conviction, he has devoted extensive time and resources to supporting causes such as Doctors...