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Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has utilized pardons and commutations to address what he has deemed injustices dealt by the justice system. A pardon essentially forgives a crime and its consequences — a conviction is wiped from the person’s criminal record,
The president’s corruption does not end there. It extends beyond payola to include flagrant abuse of his constitutional authority. Specifically, Trump has weaponized the pardon as a tool of executive lawbreaking and misconduct.
President Donald Trump has leaned into his clemency powers during his second term, dishing out pardons to more than 1,000 January 6 US Capitol rioters, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, baseball legend Darryl Strawberry,
Trump's Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Cited as Reason for Leniency at Sentencing of Ex-Congressman
A defense lawyer has cited President Donald Trump's recent pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández as she asked a judge who once presided over a civil case against Trump to treat he