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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Fraud focus: why is Trump granting clemency to convicted fraudsters?

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Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of those convicted in connection to the January 6 insurrection raised eyebrows last year, but more recently his pardons have appeared to have a particular focus: to grant clemency to those convicted of fraud.

Since taking office, Trump has pardoned dozens of people convicted of white-collar crimes, including several billionaires, with most of the 13 pardons he quietly issued this month granting clemency to people convicted of fraud.

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