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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

Trump reportedly says he’ll issue mass pardons at end of his presidential term

 Donald Trump issues pardons for January 6 defendants at the White House on 20 January 2025.
Donald Trump issues pardons for January 6 defendants at the White House on 20 January 2025. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Donald Trump has reportedly said he will issue pardons en masse to his closest advisers at the end of his second presidency, promising them in casual conversations over the last year.

“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office],” the president reportedly said in a recent meeting, garnering laughs from the room, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing an anonymous source.

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