President Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort And Charles Kushner

By Ayesha Rascoe

Published December 24, 2020 at 8:21 AM CST

President Donald Trump emerges from the Oval Office as he departs the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago, the President's private club, where they will spend Christmas and New Years Eve, in Washington, DC on December 23, 2020. - President Donald Trump has thrown a long-awaited pandemic relief package into doubt days before millions of Americans will lose their benefits and face eviction from their homes. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images) — 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.

Trump granted more pardons Wednesday to 26 people, including some people who are close to him. On Monday Trump granted full pardons to 15 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of five.

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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