Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort And Charles Kushner

President Trump emerges from the Oval Office on Wednesday as he departs the White House en route to Florida’s Mar-a-Lago, where he will spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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Updated 11 p.m. ET

President Trump issued dozens more pardons on Wednesday evening to many wealthy and well-connected convicts with ties to his innermost circles, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Republican operative Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump.

In total, Trump pardoned 26 people and commuted the sentences of three more people — the second consecutive night of what is expected to be a flurry of acts of clemency before he leaves office.