Trump Pardons Charles Kushner, Former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, Roger Stone
President Donald Trump unleashed another wave of pardons for his allies on Wednesday night, including his son-in-law's father, Charles Kushner, and his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who lied to investigators looking into Russian election interference.
The lame-duck president—who in recent days has appeared determined to cause as much shock and confusion as he can before he leaves office on Jan. 20—also pardoned Roger Stone, whose sentence he commuted in July, and the wife of disgraced former Rep. Duncan Hunter, whom he pardoned on Tuesday.
The slew of Christmas week pardons—which included former Blackwater guards charged with war crimes, two Border Agents accused of covering up a shooting, and some more traditional candidates—appeared designed to reward devoted loyalists at a time when he has lost Republican support for his bid to subvert the election and is busy butting heads with Congress.