#pardons
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"I'll Pardon Everyone Who Has Come Within 200 Feet of the Oval"
Per the Wall Street Journal, Trump has repeatedly promised blanket preemptive pardons to his administration before leaving office — "everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval." Earlier he said 10 feet. The radius is expanding. White House: "Learn to take a joke; the President's pardon power is absolute."
Pardoned 20+ Convicted Corrupt Politicians
Trump granted clemency to over 20 corruption-convicted politicians, wiping nearly $2 billion in victim restitution. His pardon attorney described the approach as "No MAGA left behind."
Pardoned Nearly 1,600 January 6th Rioters
On his first day back in office, Trump granted blanket clemency to nearly 1,600 people convicted or charged in the Capitol attack — including those convicted of assaulting police with deadly weapons.
Pardoned Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner
Trump pardoned his convicted allies — Roger Stone (witness tampering), Paul Manafort (fraud), and Charles Kushner (Jared's father, tax evasion and witness tampering) — in what even Republican senators called "unprecedented corruption."