Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
STEVE HOLLAND U.S. President Donald Trump has granted pardons to former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the most important convictions under the long-running Russia election probe. Trump also issued a pardon for Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Trump, taking advantage of a right granted by the Constitution only to the president, has issued two groups of pardons in as many days, and more are anticipated as Trump faces the end of his presidency on January 20. The announcement came just after Trump arrived in Palm…