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Outgoing President Donald Trump is pardoning one official after another before resigning. The list includes former campaign manager Paul Manafort, former adviser Roger Stone and the father of Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Manafort was convicted in 2016 in an investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Previously, Trump also reduced the sentence of former adviser Roger Stone. Although Stone was also accused of lying to Congress.
Donald Trump is set to hand over power to newly elected President Joe Biden next January. Previously, he had pardoned 29 people. As a result, they survived the crime. Local time on Wednesday night, 26 people received full amnesty and the sentences of 3 people were reduced.
Charles Kushner, Ivanka’s father-in-law, was sentenced in 2004 to two years in prison on multiple charges, including tax evasion and witness influence. In the United States, the acquittal of the president does not excuse his guilt or imply that he is innocent. However, if the president pardons, the guilty person regains some more benefits, including the right to vote.
Outgoing presidents can generally pardon or reduce the sentence of convicted criminals in the last days of their term. In early November, Trump pardoned another of his aides, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Flynn was also convicted of lying to the FBI during special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia. Earlier Tuesday night, President Trump pardoned 15 people, including two former associates, and reduced the sentences of five people.
TTN / MS
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