Just days before Christmas, President Donald Trump announced that hes given a wave of pardons to three corrupt former congressmen, two subjects of the special counsels Russia investigation and four Blackwater guards convicted in connection with the killings of Iraqi civilians.

The White House said Tuesday that the president will grant full pardons to 15 individuals and commute part or all of the sentences of five more people. Among the full pardons are former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and lawyer Alex van der Zwaan, who both pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as a result of special counsel Robert Muellers years-long investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Papadopoulos, a 33-year-old energy lawyer, was the first to plead guilty on charges stemming from the Russia investigation in October 2017. The under-qualified foreign policy adviser helped ignite the probe when he drunkenly told an Australian diplomat that Russia possessed compromising information on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Although Papadopoulos initially cooperated with Mueller following his arrest in the summer of 2017, he disavowed the plea deal he reached with the special counsels office in a book published last year, claiming that he was forced into it as part of an effort to take down Trump.

Papadopoulos then told Reuters he had directed his lawyers to apply for a pardon from Trump. He served out his prison sentence, which was 14 days at a minimum-security facility, a term that was eventually cut down to 12 days.