Two men convicted in Russia probe among 15 pardoned by Donald Trump

President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people including two men convicted of lying to investigators in a probe into the president’s election campaign.

George Papadopoulos, Mr Trump’s 2016 campaign adviser whose conversation unwittingly helped trigger the Russia investigation that shadowed Mr Trump’s presidency for nearly two years, was among those pardoned.