Trump signs 11 pardons for individuals persecuted by Biden admin: I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE

President Trump signed 11 pardons Friday, including one for the convicted former business partner of infamous lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a White House official told The Post. Adam Kidan was sentenced to 70 months in prison in 2006 after pleading guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges related to his attempt, along with Abramoff, to purchase SunCruz Casinos for $147.5 million with a counterfeit wire transfer document.  Kidan, an entrepreneur, has since gone on to start multiple staffing companies and has become a major Republican donor. The bulk of the pardons are for individuals convicted of tampering with emission control systems on cars and trucks, including by selling “defeat devices” and “tuners” to maximize the engine power, in violation of the Clean Air Act. Trump had teased issuing six pardons to people convicted during the Biden administration for “fixing their car,” earlier Friday on Truth Social. “It is my Great Honor to have just signed Pardons for six people who were persecuted by the Biden Administration, and were in, or being sent to, prison, for ‘fixing their car,’” the president wrote on Truth Social.“While I know this sounds ridiculous, it is nevertheless a fact, and part of the Weaponization and Stupidity that our Country had to endure during four long years of Sleepy Joe Biden.“I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE, RIGHT NOW!” Kidan’s pardon appears to be one of only two not related to environmental crimes.Jack Harvard, who was convicted of bank fraud charges in Texas in the 1980s and now runs the Texas Safari Ranch in Clifton, is the other. The complete list of Friday’s pardons, including descriptions of their cases provided by the White House, below: ...