Trump grants 15 more pardons, including aide convicted in Russia probe
23 December 2020 - 07:37
Washington — President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump also pardoned Alex van der Zwaan, the Dutch son-in-law of Russian billionaire German Khan. Van der Zwaan was sentenced to 30 days in prison and fined $20,000 for lying to US special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about contacts with an official in Trump’s 2016 campaign...
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