WASHINGTON —
President Donald Trump is considering issuing additional pardons and
commutations and has assembled a team of advisers to recommend and vet candidates
for clemency, a White House official confirmed Thursday.
The process is
normally handled by the Department of Justice, but the White House has taken
the lead, with Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, heading the effort,
and is joined by White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
The Washington Post
first reported Wednesday night that Trump had put together this team, which the
report said is basically an informal task force of at least a half-dozen allies
of the president. According to the report, the group has been meeting since
late last year |||READ
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