Trump could pardon Steve Bannon, Rick Gates and even Joe Exotic in ‘wave’ before he leaves office
A GROWING list of people plan to seek pardons from President Donald Trump in exchanged for him looking after them during his last few weeks in the Oval Office.
Trump's pardon of his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday has prompted speculation that others could be next in line.
There's even speculation that.
Also of interest are former Trump campaign advisers Rick Gates and George Papadopoulous, who like Flynn were convicted in cases related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Both are associated with , who is after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud the US and witness tampering.
Attorneys and others who have spoken with White House officials told the newspaper they anticipate that Trump will take advantage of his pardoning power in cases that go beyond those involved in Mueller's investigation.
"Lists of people are being circulated," Vermont laywer Brandon Sample told The Times.
in April.
congressman - including Exotic - to quench the "bloodlust of the radical left."
The conservative politician urged the president to use his powers “effectively and robustly” to grant wholesale pardons to foil attempts by liberal activists to “come after the people who worked so hard to animate the Trump administration”.
“He should pardon everyone from himself to his administration officials to Joe Exotic if he has to,” Gaetz said in a Fox News interview on Thursday.