Page 12 - CLT010421

12 ¦ JANUARY 4, 2021 NEWS

¦ From TRUMP PARDONS on PAGE 11
account. Following his convic-
tion at trial, Manafort pleaded
guilty to charges connected to his
lucrative past lobbying work for
the Russia-aligned government
of Ukraine, and he received com-
bined sentences of more than
seven years in prison.
Manafort was allowed earlier
this year to serve his sentence in
home confinement amid fears of
the coronavirus spreading in the
U.S. prison system.
The White House said Wednes-
day that the Mueller team’s pros-
ecution of Manafort had been
soTlstpcceripluvrhouene“eeseandtMmnertirdmctWhnierrso.gateitehamwchndaxihMettoi.”es.on”wtaMnaryHnoeleusatrtoahcfesruroheleeslsrecteot“rhei,Rfniatvwuthneiespamia,st”swrmiheiathsonhioaauonelntctfrs,oeWmo“oaliblfldanuhfilentya--iartytreianyonFHgftcoootrepmhunvresfeioidernsmeTeecnrcomluacusmietetmao,npvrratreiaia—ocdadi--gl.vnismppFgiRenrlloPeureoveTlnhRsaesmihsttosdsoiieiittcangeoviaadgee:spWmlarlDsrgytoaaSooiiueslcovtbulioghiineleasenotisn.etyseheMgsteahdtAoi.onegihRnsllpdneay,aaaxspiDdtrnlaaoltz.esgnCoridndnud.ft,seoogenTcodrndhfrndeeuviere/dJpaAramcamelonLrnrcpwiMa.ieod’sne2ldueer9irrwnat,atZsvai2olewf0lhstise1pnatatr9hvieagg.aecinnnatit.eategboBslnesrdodcnseoittenirhoufngainthithalsaehgioesdde-fl
Trump also pardoned Charles Kushner, the fa- his presidency.
ther of his son-in-law Jared Kushner. In 2005, the The Biden Justice Department will face early ques-
elder Kushner pleaded guilty to making illegal cam- tions over whether, and how, to further investigate
paign contributions and tax evasion. He was later Trump for alleged abuses of power. House Demo-
sentenced to two years in prison, in a prosecution crats intend to continue open investigations.
brought by Chris Christie, then the U.S. attorney in “It’s important to remember that a presidential
New Jersey. pardon reduces the ability of the recipient to invoke
The White House said Kushner’s pardon was his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrim-
supported by Brett Tolman, a former U.S. attor- ination,” George Conway III wrote on Twitter after
ney in Utah, and the conservative activist Matt the latest pardons were announced. “If you have been
Schlapp. pardoned for federal offenses, you can no longer
The pardons came a day after Trump pardoned invoke the possibility you might be prosecuted for
four former Blackwater guards, all of whom had those offenses as a basis for refusing to testify, since
been convicted in connection with the slaying of the pardon bars that possibility.”
Iraqi civilians, and three corrupt former Republican ¦

lawmakers. C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers
Trump also pardoned George Papadopoulos, a government affairs and regulatory compliance.
foreign policy adviser to the president’s 2016 cam- Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @
paign, and former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & cryanbarber

CONNECTICUT
Law Tribune