US President Donald Trump has pardoned around 1,500 people involved in the storming of the Capitol building in 2021. Trump signed an executive order granting pardons in the Oval Office on Monday, hours after he was sworn in for his second term. The president granted “a full, complete and unconditional …
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The Republican governor announced the move on Tuesday alongside 10 other pardons, noting the decision was made in late July. Mark McCloskey previously pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was slapped with a $750 fine, while his wife Patricia was fined $2,000 on a second-degree harassment charge. The legal trouble …
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The public campaign to convince President Trump to stop the prosecution of the two whistleblowers – even merely as a snub to his political opponents – has ultimately failed. Neither the jailed founder of WikiLeaks nor the fugitive NSA contractor were on the list of clemencies released on Tuesday. Trump …
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“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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“It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon,” Trump said in a tweet on Wednesday evening. The move follows reports on Tuesday night that a pardon for Flynn was under discussion at the White House, as well as widespread speculation …
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