Donald Trump pardoned Republican megadonor Adam Kidan days after a $2,600 check from him landed with Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, a vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican. The congressman’s office told NOTUS on Wednesday he never raised clemency for Kidan with Trump or the White House. “Congressman Mackenzie has never advocated for a pardon from the President on anyone’s behalf,” communications director Arnaud Armstrong said in a statement. Brooks’ campaign manager Jenna Kaufman told NOTUS that the check and the pardon together amount to “corruption in plain sight.” The Mackenzie check is the last federal political donation logged in his name.