Article 79ESK The US founders made a grave error in granting presidents pardon power | James Rosen

The US founders made a grave error in granting presidents pardon power | James Rosen

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James Rosen
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Trump's utter abuse of the power proves it. As the midterms approach, voters have not forgotten January 6

From betraying Ukraine and dispatching masked agents who killed Americans to deporting US citizens and pulling out of accords controlling climate change and Iranian nuclear weapons, the list of Donald Trump's abuses is long and growing still longer, seemingly by the day.

Looking back decades from now, historians will see that at the top of this shameful list is Trump's utter abuse of his pardon power. It started on the first day of his second term, when he pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists who, on 6 January 2021, had stormed the US Capitol.

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