US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a series of pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as well as for Republicans who once served in Congress and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians, CNN reports.
The pardons of former campaign aide George Papadopoulos, former US congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, and the four Blackwater guards involved in the Iraq massacre kick off what is expected to be a flurry of pardons and commutations in the coming weeks as Trump concludes his term.
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