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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.

Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-erased-prosecutions-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Law #USPolitics #Trump #DOJ #Justice #Pardons

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A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second

We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
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atlovato
@atlovato@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@ProPublica - The Dirty old Pedophile.

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WorldTravelerAll7
@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@ProPublica "experts say"? Who needs experts to know that the orange tumor has contempt for not only the Justice Department but justice as a whole?

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