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Trump issues pardons, including to woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term
President Donald Trump pardoned politically connected individuals, including a former Puerto Rico governor and a donor's father, raising questions about favoritism.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons including the father of a large donor to Trump's super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico and a woman whose sentence he commuted then who returned to prison.
- The package included politically connected recipients, prompting questions about favoritism and political motives linked to historical presidents accused of pardons-for-support.
- Historically, Trump's clemency choices have included his 2018 pardon of Dinesh D'Souza and 2017 pardon of Joe Arpaio, with reporting noting the new pardons came as he traveled through Palm Beach International Airport.
- The decision drew wide criticism, including from Republican critics such as Paul Ryan, John McCain and Jeff Flake, and echoes past political fallout from President Gerald Ford and the Marc Rich pardon controversy.
- The episode raises constitutional questions about clemency, renewing debate over whether pardon power should rest solely with President Donald Trump or involve Congress, amid a 1974 Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel memo arguing a president cannot pardon himself.
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Trump issues pardons, including to woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term
Trump issued several clemencies during the first year of his second term, many targeted at criminal cases federal prosecutors once touted.
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Welcome To Trump's Pardon Emporium's Two For One Special!
Anderson Cooper talked last night about the woman who got not one, but two pardons from Trumpy Bear. "Among them, someone who already got clemency in the president's first term back in 2019. Adriana Camberos was sentenced to 26 months in prison after being convicted in a scheme to sell fake five hour energy drinks. President Trump commuted that sentence in early 2021. Then in 2024, she was convicted again along with her brother, in connection wi…
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