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(Guardian UK, Dec 24, 2020) Donald Trump's latest wave of pardons includes Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner. President also gives clemency to Roger Stone in second round of pardons since Tuesday
Donald Trump has pardoned another 26 people in his second big wave of clemency actions since Tuesday, marking yet another audacious application of presidential power to reward loyalists. The US president pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his longtime adviser Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner. Stone, a longtime friend and associate, had his sentence for a series of charges related to the Russia investigation commuted by the president in July.
In total, Trump pardoned or issued commutations to 29 people on We…