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During his remarks from the Senate floor in January, Senator Tim Kaine disgraced President Trump over the pardons he issued to January 6th rioters.
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President Donald Trump issued pardons Wednesday to a former New York congressman and a three-term Connecticut governor — part of a recent clemency spree that has also included reality TV stars ...
Trump even tossed a pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) — the same Blagojevich who tried to sell off Barack Obama’s Senate seat like it was a used car on Craigslist.
Pardons in New Jersey go through the governor, and applications are submitted through nj.gov. Pardons made by governors follow roughly the same process followed at the federal level, Ornstein said.
That’s why, I noted, that Georgia long ago changed the state constitution to take away the power to pardon from the governor and give it to what is now the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Responding to questions from reporters this week, Gov. Tim Walz said the White House has given him no indication that a federal pardon for Chauvin is imminent.