Coverage dated December 10, 2024 to December 17, 2024

Preemptive pardons could protect Trump targets, but veer into politics

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As President-elect Donald Trump decries his foes, the Biden administration considers preemptive pardons for those who have provoked Republican ire.

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Christian Science Monitor
Preemptive pardons could protect Trump targets, but veer into politics (opens Christian Science Monitor)
Published Dec 10, 2024
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As President-elect Donald Trump decries his foes, the Biden administration considers preemptive pardons for those who have provoked Republican ire.
Washington Times
Trump vows pardons for Jan. 6 defendants ‘in the first hour’; named Time’s Person of the Year (opens Washington Times)
Published Dec 11, 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump, in an interview published Thursday, said he will pardon people who took part in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol immediately upon taking office and offered new details about his deportation plans, saying he will use the military "to the maximum level of what the la…
PoliticusUSA
Adam Schiff Blasts Trump's Pardons For 1/6 Insurrectionists (opens PoliticusUSA)
Published Dec 14, 2024
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Senator-Elect and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had some strong words for Trump's plan to pardon those who attacked the Capitol on 1/6.
Mother Jones
The looming danger of Trump’s January 6 pardons (opens Mother Jones)
Published Dec 17, 2024
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His efforts to "erase" the insurrection will inspire violent extremists, national security sources warn.
Reason
Trump's January 6 pardons could address some real injustices (opens Reason)
Published Dec 17, 2024
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In promising to pardon at least some January 6 defendants, Trump makes valid points about potential abuses of prosecutorial power.
New York Post
Jacob Sullum: Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters will reverse genuine judicial abuses (opens New York Post)
Published Dec 17, 2024
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Donald Trump raises some valid points about prosecutorial power, which can lead to unjust results that might be remedied by the prudent use of presidential clemency.