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Business Insider is reporting that President Donald Trump has pardoned his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Manafort was investigated by Robert Mueller during his probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election. Manafort was convicted of eight counts of tax and bank fraud. Manafort also later pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and another count of obstruction. A federal judge voided the plea deal after finding that he lied to prosecutors after agreeing to cooperate. Manafort was sentenced last year to 7 1/2 years in prison for his crimes. The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that he represents a "grave counterintelligence threat" to the US.
Selena Gomez continues to call on tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Instagram to take down hate speech and misinformation. Last night, she tagged Facebook and Instagram on Twitter, retweeting a post from the Center for Countering Digital Hate which pointed out Neo-Nazi accounts on both Instagram and Facebook still active and selling merchandise through their platforms. "Neo-Nazis are selling racist products on Facebook and Instagram," the CCDH wrote on its Twitter. "Facebook has left these pages online, despite being told about them 3 days ago.
Prince Harry told pranksters he felt "completely separate" from most of the royal family after twice being tricked into thinking he was speaking to Greta Thunberg and her dad on the phone.
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According to information received by Reuters, an airline mechanic may have helped plant the bomb which brought down a Russian MetroJet flight over Egypt in November.