Trump pardoned a construction-company owner whose family donated over $200,000 to his campaign
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned a construction-company owner whose family donated over $200,000 to his presidential campaign.
Paul Pogue pleaded guilty in 2010 to underpaying his taxes by nearly $500,000 and received three years' probation.
Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of nearly a dozen people, including former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, who was convicted of attempting to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat.
Citing Federal Election Commission filings, the Daily Beast reported that Pogue's son, Ben Pogue, the new CEO of Pogue Construction, and Ben's wife, Ashleigh,
had donated over $200,000 to the Trump Victory PAC and Trump's official presidential campaign since August.
Ben and Ashleigh Pogue donated $135,000 to the Trump Victory PAC in August, and Ben Pogue made an in-kind air-travel donation of about $75,000 in September, the Daily Beast reported.
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