“For Trump, whether the crime is corruption, lying to law enforcement or even war crimes, justice does not apply to those who have been loyal to him,” read a USA Today op-ed published on Wednesday. This statement set the tone for media coverage of President Donald Trump’s opening salvo of …
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President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening that he is issuing 15 full pardons and commuting the punishments of five convicts to time served. Four of the people given clemency were former employees of the infamous private military company Blackwater. They were serving lengthy prison terms, including a life sentence …
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As rumors swirl of a possible pardon for Assange from outgoing President Donald Trump, more and more advocates have thrown their support behind the WikiLeaks founder, and now Palin can count herself as a surprising member of those voices. “I am the first one to admit when I make a …
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The White House counsel’s office is reviewing Ulbricht’s case, and the US president has privately expressed sympathy for the felon, the Daily Beast said, citing several sources familiar with the matter. In 2015 Ulbricht received a life sentence without the possibility of parole after being accused of computer fraud, money …
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“Pardon Snowden,” the civil rights non-profit’s Twitter account wrote late on Sunday. “Edward Snowden blew the whistle on illegal government activity kept secret for years,” the ACLU continued, adding, “Our democracy is better off because of him.” The ‘pardon Snowden’ tweets were likely prompted by some members of Congress increasingly …
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“President Trump is listening to the many of us who are urging him to #PardonSnowden,” Gaetz tweeted on Sunday in response to reporter Glenn Greenwald’s own call for the pardon. “It’s the right thing to do,” Gaetz added. Snowden himself shared the Florida congressman’s tweet, as well as another calling …
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Christensen – a member of the Liberal National Party who represents Dawson, Queensland – launched a petition this week encouraging the president to pardon the journalist, who faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified material. Christensen also appeared on Sky News Australia to make his case. He …
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Anderson posted a stripped-down photo of herself on Twitter, posing in a bikini holding aloft a sign that read, “Bring Julian Assange home, Australia,” and tagged the official government Twitter handle of the US president. The 53-year-old bombshell made use of her platform and profile in an effort to capture …
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A tradition dating back to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey was made an annual event by President George HW Bush in 1989. Trump carried on the tradition as usual on Tuesday, bestowing a pardon on a turkey named Corn, and remarking that “Thanksgiving is …
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Citing five anonymous sources “familiar with the discussions” in the camp of Joe Biden, the media-anointed president-elect, NBC reported on Tuesday that he doesn’t want his presidency to be “consumed by investigations” of Trump. “Biden has raised concerns that investigations would further divide a country he is trying to unite …
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