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The day before yesterday, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, issued more controversial presidential pardons, which included several personalities affected by the investigation into Russian interference in the elections, as well as the father of his son-in-law and his adviser, Jared Kushner, while Trump warned Iran after attacking the US embassy in Iraq with missiles. .
In detail, the White House announced the night before last a list of pardons for about 30 people and other measures to reduce sanctions.
Among the beneficiaries of these amnesty decisions are Paul Manafort, former director of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, and his former adviser Roger Stone, two people involved in the investigation into Russian interference in the presidential elections, which Trump won.
“Words are not enough to express our gratitude,” Manafort wrote in a tweet on Twitter. He was serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for fraud that was revealed, as part of Attorney General Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation, into possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s team.
He was placed under house arrest last May, due to the spread of the new Corona virus.
“During the Mueller investigation, Trump’s attorney offered Manafort amnesty,” said Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, in a tweet on Twitter. Manafort withdrew his cooperation with prosecutors, lied, was found guilty and later praised by Trump, “considering that” Trump’s amnesty now completes the corruption scheme.
Donald Trump was immediately accused of abusing his right to clemency, once again. At the end of November, he had already pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser involved in the same case.
Republican Senator Ben Sassi wrote “corrupt to the core,” while Texas Democratic Rep. Lloyd Dewitt wrote on Twitter: “Trump just pardoned another gang of criminals from his clique.”
The list that I published yesterday, of the American executive branch, of the father of Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to Trump. Charles Kushner was sentenced in 2004 to two years in prison, accused of tax evasion. “This is always a disgusting sight,” criticized David Axelrod, a former adviser to Barack Obama. It’s not over yet “.
Trump had commuted the prison term of his friend Stone, who was sentenced to 40 months in prison, as part of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the elections. Sixty were convicted on seven counts, including: obstructing the course of justice, giving false testimony and tampering with witnesses.
Last Tuesday, the president of the United States announced an amnesty for 15 people and a relief from sanctions for another five.
And the anti-corruption group, “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics,” in Washington said: “Trump’s message is clear: Justice does not apply to you, if you are loyal to him.”
US newspapers have reported that Trump is also considering granting protective pardons to his sons, Jared Kushner, and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, before he leaves the White House in January.
The same sources added that Trump is studying the possibility of issuing an amnesty for himself, for crimes that can be prosecuted under his mandate. And in 2018, he said he had the “absolute right” to take this action, which would be a precedent.
On the other hand, Trump said yesterday that he would “hold Iran responsible” in the event of an attack on Americans in Iraq, as the first anniversary of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani approaches, in an attack launched by a US drone near the Baghdad airport. .
The president, whose term ends on January 20, wrote: “Our embassy in Baghdad was hit by several missiles last Sunday,” in an attack that only caused material damage. He added: “Guess where it came from? … from Iran.”
He continued: “We now hear about other attacks on Americans in Iraq,” addressing “friendly advice to Iran: If an American dies, I will hold Iran responsible.” “Think about it carefully,” he warned.
In response to Trump, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in a tweet yesterday: “Exposing your citizens to danger abroad will not distract from catastrophic domestic failures.”
Zarif attached an image of Trump’s tweets, published years ago, in which he said that former president, Barack Obama, was going to start a war with Iran to be re-elected, and an on-screen image of a graphic that is supposed to reveal the degree of danger from the Corona virus pandemic in the United States.
Subsequently, the leadership of US forces in the Middle East also condemned the launch of “21 missiles launched almost certainly by Iranian-backed militias” and “clearly not intended to avoid civilian casualties.”
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held Tehran responsible for the bombing, while the US military command in the region said, in a statement, that the missile attack “was almost certainly carried out by a rebel group. backed by Iran. “
The military command said the attack “did not cause any casualties or casualties among the Americans, but did damage buildings in the US embassy compound, and it was clear that it was not intended to avoid casualties.”
“The United States will hold Iran responsible for the murder of any American as a result of the work of these Iranian-backed rebel militias,” the statement added.
Last Tuesday, the president of the United States announced an amnesty for 15 people and a relief from sanctions for another five.
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