Published: 28 December 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Non-profit associated with Chasidic movement pushed for Trump pardons, report says (Haaretz)
Aleph Institute advanced at least five of Trump’s pardons, including for one of the group's donors, New York Times reports; NGO says almost all the people it works with are destitute
The Aleph Institute, a non-profit affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement, has played an outsized role in President Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, including several announced in recent days, according to a New York Times report.
According to the newspaper, the Aleph Institute, which is focused on advancing prisoners’ rights, has pushed at least five of the 24 pardons, including three announced earlier this week and the 2017 commutation of kosher meat tycoon Sholom Rubashkin’s sentence.
The New York Times quoted Alan Dershowitz, who has close ties to the Trump White House and volunteers with Aleph, as saying that the group “played a significant role”.
Trump pardons Jared Kushner’s father, convicted in case that included entrapping his brother-in-law with a prostitute (JTA)
