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Ex-Prosecutor Worries Trump Could Pardon Capitol Rioters as Pardon Power Extends to DC Cases
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has charged at least 50 people in connection with riots at the Capitol, but one former prosecutor from that office has serious concerns that many more rioters could get away without being charged — or even be pardoned by President Donald Trump. “With Donald Trump, one never knows,” said former Assistant U.S….
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Prosecutors Could Face Challenges Charging US Capitol Rioters
The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has charged at least 55 people in connection with this week’s protests and riots at the Capitol, but a former prosecutor from that office has serious concerns that more rioters could get away without facing charges or even be pardoned by President Donald Trump. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer explains why.
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Federal Investigators Looking Into Potential ‘Bribery-for-Pardon' Scheme
Federal investigators are looking into a potential “bribery-for-pardon” scheme involving presidential pardons, according to federal court documents
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Trump Tweets He's Pardoned Michael Flynn
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had pardoned his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
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Trump Pardons Turkeys Corn and Cob
President Donald Trump issued a presidential pardon to Iowa turkeys Corn and Cob on Tuesday. The duo will spend their retirement at Iowa State University to educate people on the state’s turkey industry.
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Biden: AG Should Be the ‘People's Lawyer,' Not the President's
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not pardon President Donald Trump if elected and insisted any prosecutorial decisions would be left to a more independent Justice Department, NBC News reports.
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Trump Pardons Turkeys, Mocks Impeachment Proceedings
President Donald Trump riffed about the impeachment proceedings during the annual Pardoning of the Turkeys.
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Trump Commutes Sentence of Great-Grandmother After Meeting With Kim Kardashian
President Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson Wednesday after meeting with Kim Kardashian in the Oval Office last week. Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother, had served 22 years of a life sentence for a first time non-violent offense after being convicted of drug possession and money laundering. The commutation is different from a pardon in that it does not…
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Sanders Repeatedly Claims Trump Did Nothing Wrong
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeatedly claimed President Trump “hasn’t done anything wrong” Monday in response to his tweets about his ability to pardon himself.
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Trump: ‘I Have the Absolute Right to PARDON Myself'
President Donald Trump claimed he has the right to pardon himself, if he wants, in a tweet Monday morning.
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Gov. Jerry Brown Pardons 5 Men Facing Deportation
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday pardoned five ex-convicts facing deportation, including two whose families fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia four decades ago.
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White House Says There Are No Discussions of Pardons
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in the press briefing that President Donald Trump is not discussing pardons for Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates in the Russian investigation.