Trump par­dons Chris Collins, for­mer con­gress­man im­pris­oned for biotech in­sid­er trad­ing scan­dal

Just two months in­to a 26-month prison sen­tence for in­sid­er trad­ing, for­mer con­gress­man Chris Collins has been par­doned.

Collins is one of 15 peo­ple Don­ald Trump has par­doned in one of his last ex­er­cis­es of pres­i­den­tial pow­er. A House rep­re­sen­ta­tive of 7 years and the first sit­ting fed­er­al politi­cian to en­dorse Trump’s bid for pres­i­dent back in 2016, he was grant­ed a full par­don “at the re­quest of many Mem­bers of Con­gress,” ac­cord­ing to the White House.

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