Among them is Kushner’s father. Trump will forgive his allies before leaving.

Outgoing US President Donald Trump issued an amnesty decree that included 26 people, including several of his allies, Jared Kushner’s father, his son-in-law, in addition to awarding medals to his top advisers on Arab normalization agreements. -Israeli, a few days before his departure from the White House.

In addition to forgiving Charles Kushner, the father of his brother-in-law, Trump also pardoned his 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort and his ally and former adviser Roger Stone, the White House said in a statement.

During the Mueller investigation, Trump’s attorney offered a clemency to Manafort.

Manafort withdrew his cooperation with prosecutors, lied, was convicted and later praised by Trump for not “snitching.”

Trump’s pardon now completes the corrupt plan.

Lawless to the bitter end.

– Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) Dec 24, 2020

Manafort was convicted as part of the investigation that was carried out into Russian interference in the 2016 US elections.

Manafort, 70, was one of the first in Trump’s inner circle to be indicted as part of Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election.

Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations.

This is the second phase of pardons issued by Trump within two days and occurred after he arrived in “Palm Beach,” Florida, for the holiday season.

Paul Manafort (left) and Roger Stone, Reuters

Earlier, Trump reduced the prison sentence of his friend Stone, who was sentenced to 40 months in prison as part of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, before being pardoned.

Stone was convicted of seven counts, including obstruction of justice, perjury and witness tampering, as part of a case focused on his coordination with WikiLeaks in 2016 for the publication of hacked documents attributed to the former US Secretary of State to Hillary Clinton, Trump’s rival in the 2016 presidential election.

Stone, who was on Trump’s 2016 campaign team, was arrested in January 2019 on charges brought against him by then-special counsel Robert Mueller, who was investigating Russian election interference.

Stone was convicted in particular of lying in his testimony before Congress about his role as a mediator between the Trump team and the “WikiLeaks” website that published the series of pirated documents that embarrassed Clinton.

So far, the number of those included in the pardon has reached 26, while another three have benefited from a reduction in their sentences.

These pardons are in addition to Trump’s clemency last Tuesday for four US security guards convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007.

Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, convicted of tax fraud (Reuters)

In a related context; The president of the United States awarded several of his top advisers national security medals as a reward for their role in helping to conclude agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and four Arab countries.

Trump awarded the National Security Medal to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the Treasury Stephen Mnuchin, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, United States Envoy to the Middle East Avi Berkowitz, and Ambassador of the United States in Israel David Friedman, as well as the Ambassador of the United States in the United Arab Emirates John Rakolta.

“Thanks to the efforts of these individuals, the region will not be what it was as it finally transcends past conflicts,” the White House said in a statement.

Over the past four months, Israel has entered into agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco under what the United States describes as “the Abrahamic agreements.”

Senior US officials hope to reach another deal before Trump’s term ends on January 20.

The president’s authority to award the National Security Medal dates back to 1953, according to an executive order that allows for the recognition of significant contributions in the field of national security.