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US President Donald Trump, a month ahead of retirement, pardons convicted aides. Some point out that this exercise of pardon is part of’preparing for retirement’.
On the 22nd (local time), President Trump announced pardons for 15 people, including his aides, war criminals, and former Republican lawmakers who were involved in the “Russian presidential election scandal”.
The list of amnesty included a large number of people who were involved in the allegations that Russia intervened in the US presidential election in 2016. George Papadopoulos, former Trump election camp foreign policy adviser, and Dutch nationality lawyer Alex van der Zwan, who was convicted of false statements at the time at the time, was pardoned.
President Trump, who has argued that they were unfairly punished for political purposes, previously made a near-amnesty commutation decision to former White House security adviser Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, who were close to him.
Soldiers who slaughter civilians in Iraq are also pardoned
In addition, four former soldiers who were convicted of killing innocent civilians in the 2007 Iraq War were also pardoned.
In particular, Nicholas Slatton, who was sentenced to life in prison for the “Nasur Square Massacre,” who was sent to Iraq as a member of a private security company contracted with the US military and shot and killed 17 civilians in Baghdad, the capital, was also included in the amnesty list.
President Trump also pardoned former Republican lawmakers who supported him, including Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins and Steve Stockman.
Former lawmaker Hunter was expected to serve 11 months in prison from next month after being admitted to using election funds in 2019, and former lawmaker Collins was imprisoned for 26 months on charges of committing a stock scam and making false statements to the FBI. I have an older brother.
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In addition, former lawmaker Stockman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud and money laundering, and has been serving for two years. These are all of those who strongly supported President Trump during his active duty.
The White House said, “It was at the request of many fellow lawmakers,” and said, “In particular, former lawmaker Stockman was infected with Corona 19 while serving, and his health is at risk because he is old (64 years old).”
Contrary to expectations, President Trump himself, his family, and private lawyer Rudy Giuliani were not included in this pardon, but it is expected that additional pardons will be made soon, with about a month remaining until retirement.
Insisting on objection to the presidential election but exercising the right to pardon… Did you accept the “president defeat”
Local media criticized President Trump for abusing his pardon for his own benefit.
<뉴욕타임스>“It’s shameless,” he said. “The right to pardon is the power given to the president by the founders of the United States as the final emergency braking power for the judicial system to correct the injustice of those who are entitled to regain dignity.
However, an analysis that sees this exercise of pardon as a preparation for President Trump’s retirement also comes out. It is still insisting on dissatisfaction with the presidential election, but in reality, it is an amnesty to accept the election results and to take care of the close people last.
CNN pointed out that “President Trump is squeezing his powers to the end,” and “this is in stark contrast to refusing to retire by claiming that he won the presidential election.”