US EditionTrump gives clemency to more than 20 people, including political allies
- President Donald Trump granted clemency this week to over 20 individuals, including political allies and prominent public figures convicted of fraud and other crimes.
- These pardons follow a long-standing pattern during Trump's terms, occurring amid a Justice Department shift toward leniency on public corruption and white-collar fraud cases.
- Among the recent individuals granted pardons are former GOP New York Congressman Michael Grimm, who admitted in 2014 to failing to fully report income from his Manhattan restaurant; rap artist NBA YoungBoy, pardoned for gun-related offenses; and reality TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were found guilty in 2022 of a scheme to defraud banks of more than $30 million through false loan documents.
- Pardon attorney Liz Oyer criticized the president for using pardons to override jury verdicts and judicial sentences to achieve political goals, while historian Julian Zelizer noted Trump’s clemency fits a pattern of using power for retribution or reward.
- These clemencies highlight the erosion of institutional norms, including the firing of the pardon attorney and near-dismantling of prosecution units holding officials accountable, raising concerns about justice system integrity.
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Trump pardons benefit array of allies
WASHINGTON — A governor who resigned amid a corruption scandal and served two stints in federal prison. A New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction and who made headlines for threatening to throw a reporter…
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Trump pardons benefit his allies
WASHINGTON — A governor who resigned amid a corruption scandal and served two stints in federal prison. A New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction and who made headlines for threatening to throw a reporter…
At the end of their term, former U.S. presidents carried out questionable pardons. Trump does so from the very beginning and boasts about it. Without shame, he frees loyal and generous fraudsters from their punishments – as if he wants to clean himself up.
The most noisy were the first. On the same day that Donald Trump took office as president of the United States for the second time, he signed an order to pardon or commute the sentences of the nearly 1,600 convicted or prosecuted for participating in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. But this week, the Republican has again surprised, adding another 27 names to a list of presidential pardons that already reaches 70 in just a few mont…
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