With President Donald Trump issuing dozens of pardons in the past days, allies of Edward Snowden are ramping up their efforts to get the national security leaker’s name on that list, Politico reports.
Trump doesn’t use the typical process for granting pardons, so Snowden’s allies in Congress are taking the direct approach: appealing straight to the president himself.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Sen. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., both favor a pardon for Snowden, who has been living in exile in Russia since 2013 after releasing information on how the government spies on Americans and then misled them.
Trump political adviser Roger Stone, who received his own pardon on Wednesday, also urged the president to pardon Snowden.
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