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Trump Pardons 15, Including Republican Allies

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people,
   including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the
   Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007
   massacre in Baghdad.

   Trump also commuted the sentences of five people. While it is not
   unusual for presidents to grant clemency on their way out the door,
   Trump has made clear that he has no qualms about intervening in the
   cases of friends and allies whom he believes have been treated
   unfairly. Despite speculation, though, not on the list were members of
   Trump's own family, his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and the
   president himself.

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