US President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, father of senior White House adviser and son-in-law of the President Jared Kushner, CNN reports.
Manafort and Stone were both indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller who investigated Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections, went to trial and were convicted by juries of multiple crimes.
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