By Allan Lengel Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz said he did nothing wrong. Nonetheless, he sought a preemptive pardon in the final months of the Trump administration regarding an investigation by the Justice Department into whether he violated federal sex trafficking laws, the Washington Post reports. He never got it. Former White House aide Johnny McEntee,…
President Biden plans to pardon three people, including the first Secret Service agent to serve on presidential detail.
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said he can “breathe freedom and liberty” a day after President Trump pardoned him.
“Don’t worry, I’ll pardon you,” Trump reportedly told officials when discussing the wall.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Was Michael Cohen looking for a safety net from the get-go? Apparently so, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which says Cohen’s attorney once approached President Trump’s lawyers about a pardon following the FBI raid on Cohen’s properties last year. But the idea was dismissed by Trump’s lawyers, including Jay Sekulow,…
The special counsel team investigating possible collusion between Russia and President Trump’s campaign team is investigating the extent of Trump’s authority to pardon family members and close associates.
President Trump asked Attorney General Jeff Session earlier this year to close the criminal case against former Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio, a partner in the crackdown of illegal immigration
