Trump Pardons Megadonor Days After Gift to MAGA Congressman

Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS Donald Trump pardoned Republican megadonor Adam Kidan days after a $2,600 check from him landed with Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, a vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican. Kidan, 61, went to prison over the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, a major 2005 political corruption and influence-peddling controversy that involved illegal lobbying, fraud, and bribery of public officials over casinos on Native American land. He and Abramoff admitted inventing a $23 million wire transfer that…