Among the others looking for pardons are two former Trump campaign advisers, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos, who like Flynn were convicted in cases stemming from the special counsel’s Russia investigation. Before Wednesday, Trump had granted 28 pardons, which wipe out convictions, and 16 commutations, which reduce prison sentences. Cummins, who was registered to lobby this year for a firm co-founded by two Trump campaign aides, said “lots of people” had approached him asking for help winning pardons from Trump. Others seeking creative ways to forge ties to the president include Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the former Oklahoma zoo owner who is better known as Joe Exotic. Dershowitz said he had not approached Trump about either case, though he recalled an earlier conversation in which he explained his general philosophy on the importance of pardons to Trump.

Source: bd News24 November 26, 2020 08:37 UTC