Wall Street Journal - President Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who’ve heard his comments.
“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump said in a recent meeting to laughs, according to people with knowledge of the comments. Another person said the president earlier this year cited 10 feet. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said WSJ “should learn to take a joke, however, the President’s pardon power is absolute.” This term, Trump has wielded clemency far differently than any other president, dispensing some 1,600 grants to date. Many have gone to allies and donors, or those who had hired them.
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