Trump Pardons Miami Investor Charged in College Admissions Scandal Federal prosecutors accused Robert Zangrillo of conspiring to pay a bribe so that his daughter would be admitted to the University of Southern California. At least two people whom the Trump administration listed as supporters of a pardon for Robert Zangrillo denied on Wednesday that they had anything to do with it.Credit...Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe, via Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — He was not among the most famous people ensnared in the sweeping college admissions investigation known as Operation ...