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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 4
Trump Pardons 2 Men Including 2006 Fraud Convict Adam Kidan
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 4

Trump Pardons 2 Men Including 2006 Fraud Convict Adam Kidan

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 4

Summary

  • President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned Adam Kidan and Jack Harvard, with the White House identifying Harvard as a former Texas mayor.
  • Kidan had pleaded guilty in 2006 to fraud and conspiracy charges tied to his past business relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
  • Abramoff also went to prison in 2006 after pleading guilty to mail fraud, conspiracy to bribe public officials and tax evasion, placing Kidan's pardon in a long-running corruption case context.
  • The action follows Trump's broader Friday clemency push, after earlier pardons for 11 people that included fraud defendants and Clean Air Act violators.

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