Full list of last night’s pardons and commutations: https://t.co/ZnDrfBJQVL
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 20, 2021
Our statement:
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 20, 2021
"Even Nixon didn’t pardon his cronies on the way out. Amazingly, in his final 24 hours in office, Donald Trump found one more way to fail to live up to the ethical standard of Richard Nixon." pic.twitter.com/eTfWpEMuqX
With less than an hour left in office, President Trump granted one more pardon — this time to Albert Pirro Jr, the ex-husband of Judge Jeanine Pirro, who was convicted on conspiracy and tax evasion charges.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 20, 2021
Trump has pardoned:
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 20, 2021
His longtime political adviser (Stone)
His campaign chairman (Manafort)
His later campaign CEO (Bannon)
His campaign foreign policy adviser (Papadopoulos)
His national security adviser (Flynn)
His son-in-law’s dad
3 GOP congressmen convicted during his term
Trump is also expected to pardon former top fundraiser and RNC finance chair Elliott Broidy, per an official. Story about him here: https://t.co/z6xh8BtU5W
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 20, 2021
Trump is also expected to grant clemency to Kwame Kilpatrick, per a White House official, the former Detroit mayor.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 20, 2021
Trump ended yesterday with aides convinced he wouldn't pardon Bannon. But a lot of frantic back and forth today about it. And Trump ultimately seems to have decided that a) Bannon could be useful to him in some way in the future and …
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 20, 2021
We await the list….. pic.twitter.com/Vfw2ykqW3C
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 20, 2021
One of the many people former President Donald Trump pardoned was a Miami investor who federal prosecutors say conspired to pay a bribe so his daughter would be admitted to USC. https://t.co/UdLekOlHrs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2021
The list of pardons by Trump, now swelled by a last round, now includes a large chunk of the most high-profile political corruption prosecutions of recent years, on both the Democratic and Republican sides.
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) January 20, 2021
It’s astonishing to watch. https://t.co/fQNDD9pj2p
Sad! 