A former nursing home executive who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes has been pardoned by President Donald Trump based on an application apparently focused not just on his offenses, but on the political activity of his mother.
Paul Walczak submitted his application for a pardon days after Trump’s inauguration. It noted that his mother, Elizabeth Fago, had raised millions of dollars for the president’s campaigns, as well as those of other Republicans, The New York Times reports, citing a person who received the application but was not authorized to share it.
