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Senate GOP unanimously abandons Trump after he opens door to Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Republicans Oppose the Pardon They Are Powerless to StopThe Useful GestureSenate Republicans lined up against a possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, but the move was a performance, not a constraint. The actual power sits in the Oval Office, and Donald Trump has refused to rule out clemency for a convicted sex trafficker with whom he moved in elite social circles for years. A symbolic Senate vote is not accountability. It is cover.Power Still Runs Through TrumpThis story is not about whether Republicans found their moral center. It is about whether they are willing to confront the man who…
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