Draining The Swamp Continues
Today, Trump issued 15 pardons. The list includes:
George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign aide indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller;
Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, both former Republican congressmen convicted of financial crimes;
Four former Blackwater Worldwide military contractors responsible for the shooting deaths of 14 Iraqis in 2007.
Former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty in December 2019 to one count of conspiracy in a case surrounding his alleged misuse of $250,000 in campaign donations for personal expenses such as family vacations and oral surgeries. He also allegedly had used some of that money to finance romantic trysts with multiple congressional aides and lobbyists, according to court filings from federal prosecutors.
Former New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump in the 2016 election, was indicted in August 2018 for alleged insider trading related to an Australian biotechnology company, Innate Immunotherapeutics. Collins, who sat on the board of the company, allegedly shared nonpublic information about a failed drug trial with his son, who passed it along to his future father-in-law and others. The tests results were made public four days later, and Innate stock dropped 92% -- but not before Collins, his son, and his son's future father-in-law had avoided $768,000 in losses. Collins began serving his 26-month prison sentence in October.
George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign aide indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller;
Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, both former Republican congressmen convicted of financial crimes;
Four former Blackwater Worldwide military contractors responsible for the shooting deaths of 14 Iraqis in 2007.
Former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty in December 2019 to one count of conspiracy in a case surrounding his alleged misuse of $250,000 in campaign donations for personal expenses such as family vacations and oral surgeries. He also allegedly had used some of that money to finance romantic trysts with multiple congressional aides and lobbyists, according to court filings from federal prosecutors.
Former New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump in the 2016 election, was indicted in August 2018 for alleged insider trading related to an Australian biotechnology company, Innate Immunotherapeutics. Collins, who sat on the board of the company, allegedly shared nonpublic information about a failed drug trial with his son, who passed it along to his future father-in-law and others. The tests results were made public four days later, and Innate stock dropped 92% -- but not before Collins, his son, and his son's future father-in-law had avoided $768,000 in losses. Collins began serving his 26-month prison sentence in October.
