#pardons-and-commutations

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US politics
fromTruthout
20 hours ago

Acting AG Todd Blanche Says Trump "Slush Fund" Could Give Payouts to January 6 Participants

Anybody who believes they were wrongly targeted by federal prosecutors or investigators is eligible to apply for payouts from a new anti-weaponization fund.
fromJezebel
1 day ago

Kristi Noem's Inability to Spot Actual Criminals is Somehow Worse Than Previously Thought

Per a new report by South Dakota Searchlight, it was during Noem's run as governor that she granted an early release to 19 prison inmates in the state-12 of whom have since been re-charged with new crimes, including charges of domestic violence and driving under the influence. Eight of these individuals have been charged with felonies.
SF politics
Left-wing politics
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters

The Justice Department sought to erase seditious conspiracy convictions for January 6 rioters and pursued a separate case involving a pardoned defendant accused of child sexual abuse and pornography.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Trump terminates all documents, including pardons, signed by Joe Biden

The autopen is a device used to replicate a person's signature with precision, typically for high-volume or ceremonial documents. It has been employed by presidents of both major parties to sign letters and proclamations. Trump and his supporters have made a variety of unfounded claims that Biden's use of the device while president invalidated his actions or suggested that he was not fully aware of these actions.
US politics
US politics
fromIntelligencer
6 months ago

George Santos Doesn't Plan to Pay His Victims

President Trump commuted George Santos's sentence, eliminating his prison term, restitution, probation, supervised release, and other legal obligations.
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