In medieval England, there was no law if your pockets were deep. Crimes had fixed costs: A couple of hundred gold coins got you off the hook if you killed a poor man; 2,000 if you killed a rich one. America’s founders imagined a different way forward. In their debates about the pardon power, Edmund […]
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Trump’s request to permanently spike the report immediately drew comparisons to the Epstein files.
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A year ago this month, President Donald Trump granted clemency to nearly 1,600 people responsible for the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. When Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor who studies domestic political violence, heard about the pardons, he says he immediately thought it was “going to be the worst […]
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The new committee will probably convene in late January, its new chair said.
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“We will be defending this case,” a BBC spokesperson said after Trump announced the lawsuit.
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Trump has put election deniers in charge of overseeing “election integrity” for the 2026 midterms.
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MAGA’s vision of journalism isn’t even remotely compatible with democracy.
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Senators like Ron Johnson and Lindsay Graham could be granted payouts of $1 million or more under the bill.
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The proclamation, which is only for federal charges, is symbolic and does not prevent state-level prosecutions.
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Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned high-profile attorneys accused of joining in his plot to try to steal the 2020 election, along with dozens of so-called fake electors alleged to have played small roles in the effort. The pardons were announced by Ed Martin, the president’s pardon attorney, who posted a proclamation by the president outlining […]
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Two journalists trace how excess caution led the DOJ to refuse to prosecute Trump allies’ 2020 election interference.
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Trump frequently pardons people who are politically aligned with him, rather than considering leniency or justice.
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