The Preamble

The Preamble

A New Era of Pardons

Where does it end?

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Sharon McMahon
Jan 27, 2025
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With the flick of his wrist and a few seconds of his time, Donald Trump erased the sentences of more than 1,500 people who participated in the Jan 6 attacks on the Capitol.

Just over a week before, Vice President-elect JD Vance said that wasn’t the plan. "If you committed violence that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned,” he said in an interview on…

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