President Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot,
New York Judge Juan M. Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump Friday in his hush money case. The judge imposed no punishment leaving Trump free to serve as America's president in just a few days. read more
According to Bloomberg, there is a high expectation that Trump will grant clemency to over 1,000 people who have been convicted. During his Time Magazine interview last year, the president-elect, when he was asked about the pardon, said "I'm going to do case-by-case, and if they were non-violent, I think they've been greatly punished." read more
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