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Trump team just killed an investigation into the president's corruption: NYT
Clemency as a Side HustlePower, Not ProcedureThe fact pattern here is plain enough: Donald Trump’s appointees had the power, and they used it to shut down scrutiny of how a pardon-like commutation was obtained. The target was not some abstract bureaucratic process but a concrete question of corruption: whether money, access, or both helped secure mercy for David Gentile, a convicted fraudster.That is the real center of the story. Not the paperwork. Not the Justice Department’s ritual language about “enforcement priorities.” The institution with authority acted to protect the institution’s own…
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