US EditionEx-DOJ Pardon Attorney Already Alarmed by Recidivism of J6 Offenders
Liz Oyer says Trump’s clemency process politicized justice by pardoning about 1,500 January 6 defendants, including those charged with serious crimes, after her replacement by a Trump loyalist.
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Ex-DOJ pardon attorney already alarmed by recidivism of J6 offenders
Former Department of Justice pardon attorney Liz Oyer is warning that President Donald Trump’s aggressive use of clemency power has already produced dangerous consequences, particularly for defendants involved in the January 6 Capitol riot.In a guest essay for The New York Times, Oyer said that in the opening months of Trump’s second term, the country has already witnessed “alarming cases of recidivism among the Jan. 6 defendants pardoned on Mr.…
Trump's former pardon attorney slams his 'reckless' forgiveness of crimes
The Department of Justice (DOJ) official in charge of evaluating potential candidates for presidential pardons is accusing President Donald Trump – her former boss – of turning the pardon process on its head.In a Friday op-ed for the New York Times, Liz Oyer, who was the DOJ's pardon attorney under former President Joe Biden and for the first two months of Trump's second administration, condemned Trump's approach to the clemency process and accu…
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