Trump expected to flex pardon powers on his way out the door
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump expected to flex pardon powers on his way out the door

LA Times  

President Trump has made clear that he has no qualms about intervening in the cases of friends and allies whom he believes have been treated unfairly. The list of potential candidates is long and colorful: Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, imprisoned for financial crimes as part of the Russia investigation; George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, just like Flynn; Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka “Joe Exotic,” who starred in the the Netflix series “Tiger King”; and former contractors convicted in a Baghdad firefight that killed more than a dozen civilians, including women and children. As the results of last month’s election have become clear, those seeking pardons before Trump leaves office have redoubled their efforts to garner White House attention, leaning on high-profile Washington lawyers, re-upping PR efforts and, in the case of Papadopoulos, writing a book, appearing on Fox News and speaking to news outlets. Johnson, who has already successfully lobbied the president to take action on the cases of several other people, said she again met with Trump at the White House several weeks ago to present additional cases, all for people with “just incredible rehabilitation and incredible prison records.” “Personally, I’m hoping to see people home before Christmas,” she said. “For those people that should be free,” he said, Trump’s friends-and-family approach to pardons is “a deep and real tragedy.”

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