Trump Signs 11 Pardons for Individuals ‘Persecuted’ by Biden Admin: ‘I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE’; President Donald Trump Reportedly Still Mulling Over Diddy Pardon
By New York Post. President Trump signed 11 pardons Friday, including one for the convicted former business partner of infamous lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a White House official told The Post.
Adam Kidan was sentenced to 70 months in prison in 2006 after pleading guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges related to his attempt, along with Abramoff, to purchase SunCruz Casinos for $147.5 million with a counterfeit wire transfer document.
Kidan, an entrepreneur, has since gone on to start multiple staffing companies and has become a major Republican donor.
The bulk of the pardons are for individuals convicted of tampering with emission control systems on cars and trucks, including by selling “defeat devices” and “tuners” to maximize the engine power, in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Trump had teased issuing six pardons to people convicted during the Biden administration for “fixing their car,” earlier Friday on Truth Social.
(Read more from “Trump Signs 11 Pardons for Individuals ‘Persecuted’ by Biden Admin: ‘I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE’” HERE)
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President Donald Trump Reportedly Still Mulling Over Diddy Pardon
By TMZ. Donald Trump might be getting ready to break out the pardon pen again … and one name that’s apparently still floating around behind closed doors is Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Trump was expected to huddle with advisers Friday over a new batch of pardons … and CBS News reports Diddy remains one of several high-profile names POTUS has been privately considering.
One source told CBS … Diddy is not expected to be among the formal recommendations from the White House pardon team … though a White House official noted, “President Trump is the ultimate decider on any clemency related actions.”
The latest report lines up with what TMZ first told you back in October … when sources said Trump was “vacillating” on commuting Diddy’s sentence while some White House staffers were urging him not to. The White House Communications Office disputed our reporting at the time, but TMZ stood by the story. (Read more from “President Donald Trump Reportedly Still Mulling Over Diddy Pardon” HERE)
