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Trump's flurry of pardons include some to campaign contributors

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President Donald Trump pardoned reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley Wednesday .

Trump has pardoned or commuted more than 60 individuals unrelated to the Jan. 6, 2021 , attack on the U.S. Capitol .

Of those pardons, about one in five have gone to those who have some sort of financial or political connection to him.

Scott Howard Jenkins was set to report to federal prison on May 26 .

Scott Walczak withheld more than $10 million dollars from his employees' paychecks and used that money to buy luxury items for himself.

Former Tennessee state senator Brian Kelsey called the Biden administration of weaponizing the Justice Department .

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