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Trump pardons megadonor 'fraudster' who cut 'massive' campaign check: report
The Pardon Was the PaymentThe Power Is the StoryTrump did not accidentally stumble into this outcome. He holds the institutional power of the pardon pen, and he used it after a donor with a fraud history routed money into a Republican campaign operation in a swing district. That is the fact pattern that matters: executive clemency, campaign cash, and political proximity all moving in the same direction.The source reports that Adam Kidan, who pleaded guilty in the Jack Abramoff conspiracy case, gave $2,600 to Rep. Ryan MacKenzie’s leadership PAC on June 30. Trump campaigned with MacKenzie in…
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