A Buffalo native's son was convicted of tax fraud. Then his mother donated $1 million to MAGA.

Last year on April 3, Buffalo native Elizabeth M. Fago made a $1 million donation to Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC that supports President Trump.

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"President Trump saw the injustice that was done to Paul and exercised his pardon power wisely and compassionately," wrote Elizabeth M. Fago to The Buffalo News regarding her the pardon that her son Paul Walczak II was granted by Trump.

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Donald J. Trump is not the first president to pardon people under controversial circumstances.

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Buffalo native Elizabeth M. Fago made a $1 million donation to Make America Great Again Inc. to attend a fundraising dinner at President Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

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