New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, in the latest wave of clemency to benefit longtime associates and supporters.The actions, in Trump's waning time at the White House, bring to nearly 50 the number of people whom the president has granted clemency in the last week.
The list from the last two days includes not only multiple people convicted in the investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia but also allies from Congress and other felons whose causes were championed by friends.Pardons are common in the final stretch of a president's tenure, the recipients largely dependent on the individual whims.
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