The pardon recipients confirmed by a White House official all had felony convictions, like Trump, and could see an array of benefits.

A gang leader who built a powerful criminal enterprise, an ex-congressman from New York who underreported earnings from his Manhattan restaurant and a Connecticut governor toppled in a corruption scandal all received clemency Wednesday in a sweeping series of orders signed by President Donald Trump.

Trump extended relief to 25 people whose crimes spanned decades and included tax evasion and extortion, according to the department.

The recipients — 17 of whom received pardons and eight, commutations — all had felony convictions, like Trump, and could see an array of benefits, including restoration of voting rights and release from imprisonment. The White House did not respond to questions about how Trump selected the individuals.

They might be sons of bitches, but they’re Trump’s kind of sons of bitches.

Trump’s clemency spree extends to ex-gangster, artist, former congressmen

Trump said he also is considering pardons for men convicted in the kidnapping plot against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.

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