Trump, pardons
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Critics say President Trump has used the vast pardon powers of the presidency not to settle accounts, as President Biden did, but to burn the ledger.
Thanks to the president's latest flurry of pardons, he's now pardoned most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.
Former City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, convicted of corruption charges, has been pardoned by President Trump, a senior White House official said.
Alice Johnson is seen by some critics as providing "cover" for President Trump's policies that are actually harming Black communities.
Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, whose promising political career was upended by a corruption scandal, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump's pardon of P.G. Sittenfeld seemed to come out of the blue, but it bears a resemblance to other recent Trump pardons.