Trump pardons: Celebrity connections, conservative causes
Posted June 1, 2018 12:13 am.
Last Updated June 1, 2018 1:00 am.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has pardoned a conservative commentator he claims “was treated very unfairly by our government!” and announced he’s thinking about clemency for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY’-uh-vitch), among “lots” of other people.
Trump told reporters about the potential pardons after his latest pardon — a decision to clear the name of Dinesh D’Souza, who had pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.
It was the latest example of Trump trying to right a perceived wrong with his presidential pardon power, and a move that makes ever clearer that, in the Trump administration, the odds of a pardon have heavily favoured those with a celebrity backer, those popular among conservatives and those with a reality TV connection. Trump has issued five pardons as president.
