In a move that has become characteristic of his second term, President Donald Trump issued pardons for 11 individuals on Friday. Among them were nine people who had been convicted for circumventing vehicle emissions controls, and a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Adam Kidan. The emissions-related pardons follow Trump's recent memo to the Environmental Protection Agency, allowing American consumers to modify their vehicles as they see fit. This move is seen as an expansion of executive power, with Trump frequently granting clemency to allies and politically aligned individuals. In a tweet, Trump hailed the pardons as freeing people "persecuted by the Biden Administration." Adam Kidan, who served nearly six years in prison for fraud and conspiracy in the early 2000s lobbying scandal involving Abramoff, Capitol Hill, the Interior Department, and members of President George W. Bush's administration, has since rebuilt his career in the staffing industry. Jack Harvard, a ranch owner who allowed U.S. military and NATO troops to train on his land free of charge, was also pardoned for an unspecified conviction by Trump, citing an "upstanding record" post-conviction.