TRUMP ISSUES PARDON TO FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN BUYER AFTER INSIDER TRADING CONVICTION. (PHOTO).

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Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer after insider trading conviction    President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served nearly two years in prison after being convicted of insider trading tied to post-congressional consulting work. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison for illegal stock trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000 in ill-gotten gains and pay a $10,000 fine. He was released from custody in 2025 after his conviction was upheld, with the Supreme Court declining to take up his appeal earlier this year. In issuing the pardon, Trump described Buyer’s service as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army and his time in Congress as “distinguished and highly productive.” The pardon, dated Thursday and released by the White House on Friday, grants Buyer “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon.” Buyer has maint...

RAMAPHOSA SLAMS TRUMP’S INTENTION TO BAN SOUTH AFRICA FROM ATTENDING G20. (PHOTO).


 Ramaphosa slams Trump’s intention to ban South Africa from attending G20


South Africa’s presidency has hit back at United States President Donald Trump’s intention to bar South Africa from attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit in America next year.


US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that South Africa would not be invited to next year's G20 summit in Miami, escalating his diplomatic offensive against the country to a new level.


Ramaphosa, however, issued a strong statement in response.


“South Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right. Its G20 membership is at the behest of all other members. South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democratic country and does not appreciate insults from another country about its membership and worth in participating in global platforms,” said Ramaphosa, TRT Afrika reported.


Unfounded allegations


Trump's government snubbed this year's G20 summit, which recently concluded in Johannesburg, stating that South Africa's priorities, including cooperation on trade and climate, ran counter to its own policies.


In response, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa refused to formally hand over the G20 presidency to the next host country, the United States, as is customary.


"South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.”


Trump also made unfounded accusations of a "white genocide" targeting Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers, in South Africa.


South Africa denies the accusations, with Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya saying, “South Africa will continue to participate as a full, active and constructive member of the G20. We call on all members of the G20 to reaffirm its continued operation in the spirit of multilateralism based on consensus with all members participating on an equal footing in all of its structures.”

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