Most of Trump’s grants of clemency have gone to ­well-connected offenders who had not filed petitions with the pardon office or did not meet its requirements, The Post review shows. The White House cited endorsements from several Republican congressmen and a Fox News host. The White House declined to answer detailed questions about the president’s approach to clemency. ADFor decades, federal offenders filed petitions for clemency with the pardon office, which assigns a staff attorney to investigate each case. Kushner, an Orthodox Jew, was Rubashkin’s most vocal advocate inside the White House, according to two former officials.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2020 19:39 UTC