President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, in the latest wave of clemency to benefit longtime associates and supporters.
The pardons of Manafort and Roger Stone, who months earlier had his sentence commuted by Trump, underscore the president's desire to chip away at the results of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and to come to the aid of associates he feels were wrongly pursued. He has now pardoned four people convicted in that investigation, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
Shock and dismay after Trump pardons Blackwater guards who killed 14 Iraqi civilians Among the pardons made by President Donald Trump this week, the pardon of four former guards for Blackwater was regarded by some as particularly galling.
