President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/trump-stone-prison-clemency/index.html” target=”_blank”>Roger Stone</a>, former campaign chairman <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/paul-manafort-release-prison-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>Paul Manafort</a> and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s father, Charles.

The pardons of Manafort and Stone reward two of the most high-profile and widely condemned