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Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort: A look at the 29 people President Trump pardoned or gave commutations Updated Dec 24, 2020; By Michael Balsamo | The Associated Press 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-law’s father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The list also included people whose pleas for forgiveness have been promoted by those supporting the president throughout his term ...

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.     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 — 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...

'Russian collusion was a fantasy': George Papadopoulos blasts Mueller probe for 'setting traps' for Trump campaign and says 'we still need answers' on how the investigation started after being pardoned by the president Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos appeared on Fox News on Wednesday night, a day after receiving a presidential pardon  He thanked Trump before railing against his conviction and the Mueller report 'Russian collusion was a fantasy' he claimed as he accused ‘the Obama administration’s intel agencies’ of targeting him Papadopoulos also alleged that the Mueller...

December 23, 2020 7:52 p.m. The White House on Wednesday night announced President Trump’s latest slew of pardon recipients, which included Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner. Trump had previously commuted the 40-month prison sentence Roger Stone received for lying to Congress during its Russia investigation. On Wednesday, Trump gave his longtime pal a full pardon. Manafort — who had been prosecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller — had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for various financial crimes and for u...

Tonight President Trump pardoned Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and the father of Jared Kushner: AP – President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law. The actions bring to 49 the number of people who Trump in the last two days has granted clemency either through pardons or sentence commutations. Below is the full statement from the White House on all who were pardoned today, including the 3 commutations: Today, President Donald J. Trump granted Full Par...