On a single day in February, Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of 11 people — all of whom had one thing in common: either they had an inside connection to him, or their cases were promoted on Fox News.
President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Scholars say Trump's clemencies have rewarded friends and allies.President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Scholars say Trump's clemencies have rewarded friends and allies.
"Modern presidents have sullied clemency through disuse and occasional self-serving grants ," Mark Osler, a law professor and clemency scholar at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, told NPR via email."However, no president has ever used clemencyIn announcing the commutation Friday, the White House called Stone a"victim of the Russia Hoax" and said he"has already suffered greatly.
President Trump also prefers to disregard the advice of the Office of the Pardon Attorney in the Department of Justice, said American University professor Jeffrey Crouch, who has written extensively on the presidential pardon power. That office is responsible for vetting theFor over a century, presidents have relied on the recommendations of that office. Not so for Trump, who prefers to make his own decisions.
of contempt of court after he continued detaining suspected undocumented immigrants after a judge warned him to stop targeting Latino drivers. Arpaio's pardon did not go through the pardon attorney's office. And that first pardon would set the tone for many of Trump's pardons and commutations to come.
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