Convicted fraudster Donald Trump has pardoned a man convicted of fraud following lobbying efforts by two other men also convicted of fraud.
The president issued a pardon for Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home tycoon, earlier this month after the businessman paid lobbyists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl just under a million dollars to pursue one on his behalf, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
In May 2024, a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments of $130,000 to pornstar Stormy Daniels. The money was in exchange for Daniels keeping quiet about their extramarital affair. Trump later received an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he faced no jail time, probation, or fine.
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