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“Due to prosecutorial misconduct by Special Counsel Mueller’s team, Mr. Stone was treated very unfairly,” the White House said. “He was subjected to a pre-dawn raid of his home, which the media conveniently captured on camera. Mr. Stone also faced potential political bias at his jury trial. Pardoning him will help to right the injustices he faced at the hands of the Mueller investigation.” He had been convicted of obstructing Congress and threatening a witness. The White House said Mr. Manafort, who spent nearly two years in prison for bank and tax fraud, illegal foreign lobbying...

President Donald Trump has pardoned Mark Siljander, a former Michigan congressman who pleaded guilty in 2010 to obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Siljander, a Republican, represented southwest Michigan in the U.S. House from 1981 through 1986, when he lost to current U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, in the primary. Upton said Thursday that he was "beyond disappointed" with Trump's decision to use his pardon authority for Siljander. In 2012, federal prosecutors argued he deserved a "significant sentence" and proposed a prison term of three to four years. Si...