Clemency
Critics Call Trump Self-Pardon Dangerous Precedent
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President Donald Trump has suggested to aides he wants to pardon himself, as well as family members and associates, in the final days of his presidency.
Clemency
14,000 Federal Inmates Seek Clemency; Who Will Get It?
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President Donald Trump so far has granted pardons or commutations mostly to people who had either a personal or political connection to the White House. Only seven were recommended by the federal pardon attorney.
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A Case Study of Fraudster’s Getting Trump Clemency
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Philip Esformes, guilty of one of the nation’s largest Medicare frauds, was spared by President Donald Trump after his family contributed to a Jewish humanitarian group that advances inmate rights.
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Manafort, Charles Kushner Pardoned by Trump
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President Donald Trump issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 more people on Wednesday, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law and White House adviser, Jared.
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Trump Pardon List Favors the Well-Connected
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Some of President Donald Trump’s actions have seemed intended to send clear messages, such as grants of clemency for George Papadopoulos, the former campaign operative whose 2016 activities triggered the FBI probe that led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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White House Inundated With Pardon Requests
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“Everyone hopes they have a friend of a friend of a friend of a cousin who they hope will get them to read their email,” says one source.
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MN Board Commutes Burrell Sentence in Killing
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The Minnesota Board of Pardons commuted the life sentence of Myon Burrell, a Black man who was sentenced to life in prison as a minor. The Associated Press and American Public Media reported on police failings in the case.
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Departing Trump May Pardon 20 Aides
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President Donald Trump may argue that pardons for his friends and family members are necessary to spare them from paying millions in legal fees to fight what he describes as witch hunts.
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Michael Flynn’s Pardon Extends to All Possible Crimes
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One expert described President Trump‘s exoneration of his ex-national security adviser as perhaps the broadest act of clemency since President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974.
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Manson Follower Van Houten Again Loses Parole Bid
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has blocked parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, marking the fourth time a governor has halted her release.