President also gives clemency to Roger Stone in second round of pardons in 48 hours

Donald Trump has pardoned another 26 people in his second major wave of clemency actions in fewer than 48 hours.

In an audacious application of presidential power to reward loyalists, the US president pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his longtime adviser Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.

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