Trump issues 20 pardons and commutations, including ex-lawmakers, Mueller figures

President Trump on Tuesday handed out 20 pardons and commutations, including two to men snared in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe and three to Republican former congressmen.

The pardons and clemency, arriving just days before Christmas, also went to a group of Blackwater military contractors and two Border Patrol agents who were convicted in high-profile prosecutions.

Other presidents have issued eyebrow-raising pardons in the waning days of their terms, but these 20 acts of clemency were nevertheless stunning by going to individuals both meek and notorious.

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