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Corruption & Grift
"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."
Corruption & Grift
The "Spy Sheikh" Paid $500M for 49% of Trump's Crypto Firm, Then Got 500,000 AI Chips
Per the WSJ: Sheikh Tahnoon — UAE national security adviser, nicknamed the "Spy Sheikh" — paid $500 million for a secret 49% stake in World Liberty Financial, signed by Eric Trump four days before the inauguration. Months later, the U.S. approved 500,000 advanced AI chips per year to the UAE — a deal Biden had blocked. A fifth go to Tahnoon's own AI firm.