Iran warned after targeting the US embassy in Iraq with missiles

Trump issues new pardons ... including the father of his son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner

Trump has signed a list of pardons and other measures to ease sanctions.

Reuters

The day before yesterday, US President Donald Trump issued more controversial presidential pardons, which included a number of personalities affected by the investigation into the Russian interference in the elections, as well as the father of his son-in-law and his advisor, Jared Kushner, while Trump warned Iran after targeting the US embassy in Iraq with missiles. .

In detail, the White House announced, the night before last, a list of pardons for about 30 people, and other measures to reduce sanctions.

Among the beneficiaries of these amnesty decisions: Paul Manafort, former director of Donald Trump's campaign in 2016, and his former adviser Roger Stone, two individuals involved in the investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, which Trump won.

"Words are not enough to express our gratitude," Manafort wrote in a tweet on Twitter.

He was serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for fraud that was uncovered, as part of Attorney General Robert Mueller's two-year investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump's team.

He was placed under house arrest last May, due to the spread of the new Corona virus.

"During the Mueller investigation, Trump's attorney offered amnesty to Manafort," Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said in a tweet on Twitter.

Manafort withdrew his cooperation with the prosecutors, he lied, was found guilty, and then praised by Trump, ”considering that“ Trump's amnesty completes, now, the corruption scheme. ”

Donald Trump was promptly accused of misusing his right to pardon, once again.

At the end of November, he had already pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser involved in the same case.

Republican Senator Ben Sassi wrote "corrupt to the core," while Democratic Representative from Texas, Lloyd Dewitt, wrote on Twitter: "Trump has just pardoned another gang of criminals from his clique."

The list I published yesterday includes the US executive, the father of Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and advisor.

Charles Kushner was sentenced in 2004 to two years in prison, for tax evasion.

"This is always a disgusting show," David Axelrod, a former adviser to Barack Obama, criticized.

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Trump had reduced the prison sentence of his friend Stone, who was sentenced to 40 months in prison, as part of the investigation into Russia's interference in the elections.

Sixty were convicted of seven counts, including: obstructing the course of justice, giving false testimony, and tampering with witnesses.

Last Tuesday, the US President announced an amnesty for 15 people, and an easing of sanctions for five others.

And the anti-corruption group, "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics," in Washington, said: "Trump's message is clear: justice does not apply to you, if you are loyal to him."

American newspapers have reported that Trump is also considering granting protective pardons to his sons, Jared Kushner, and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, before he leaves the White House in January.

The same sources added that Trump is studying the possibility of issuing an amnesty for himself, for crimes that may be tried because of his mandate.

And in 2018, he said he had an "absolute right" to take this action, which would be a precedent.

On the other hand, Trump said yesterday that he would "hold Iran responsible" in the event of an attack targeting Americans in Iraq, as the first anniversary of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani approaches, in a strike launched by an American drone near Baghdad airport.

The president, whose term ends on January 20, wrote: “Our embassy in Baghdad was hit by several missiles, last Sunday,” in an attack that caused only material damage.

He added, "Guess where it came from? .. from Iran."

He continued, "Now we hear talk of other attacks against Americans in Iraq," directing "friendly advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible."

"Think about it carefully," he warned.

In response to Trump, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in a tweet yesterday: "Exposing your citizens to danger abroad will not distract attention from the catastrophic failures at home."

Zarif attached a picture of Trump's tweets, published years ago, in which he said that the former president, Barack Obama, was going to start a war with Iran to be re-elected, and a screen image of a graphic that is supposed to reveal the degree of danger of the Corona virus pandemic in the United States.

In the aftermath, the leadership of the American forces in the Middle East also condemned the launching of "21 missiles almost certainly launched by Iranian-backed militias," and "which were clearly not intended to avoid civilian casualties."

The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, held Tehran responsible for the bombing, while the US military command in the region said, in a statement, that the missile attack "was almost certainly carried out by a rebel group backed by Iran."

The military command said that the attack "did not cause any casualties or casualties among the Americans, but it caused damage to buildings in the US embassy compound, and it was clear that it was not aimed at avoiding casualties."

"The United States will hold Iran accountable for the killing of any American as a result of the work of these rogue militias backed by Iran," the statement added.

Last Tuesday, the US President announced an amnesty for 15 people and an easing of sanctions for five others.

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