Trump has assembled team to recommend and vet candidates for clemency
President Donald Trump is considering issuing additional pardons and commutations and has assembled a team of advisers to recommend and vet candidates for clemency, a White House official confirmed Thursday.
The process is normally handled by the Department of Justice, but the White House has taken the lead, with Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, heading the effort, and is joined by White House counsel Pat Cipollone
