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In his second term, President Donald Trump is openly profiteering from the presidency (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump is cashing in on the presidency

Heather Digby Parton
The pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists echoed the 1868 pardon of Confederate soldiers. The effects include the meld of Confederate values with the far right politics of today. (SAUL LOEB / Getty Images)

157-year-old pardon still impacts today

CK Smith
U.S. President Donald Trump pardons National Thanksgiving Turkey Gobble during the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 25, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump repardons Biden turkeys

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Scotland on July 29, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How Trump has exploited his pardon power

Jeremy Kohler - ProPublica
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Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025. (Photo by Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Trump pardons Giuliani, allies

Garrett Owen
Pete Rose is introduced to the crowd as the 1976 World Series Championship team was honored prior to the start of the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)

Ending manhood in the hall of shame

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com
Julie and Todd Chrisley (Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images)

Trump pardons reality TV stars

Alex Galbraith
Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Desperate MAGA exploits a teen killing

Amanda Marcotte
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Behind Trump's autopen conspiracy theory

Austin Sarat
Mel Gibson speaks at MegaCon Orlando 2025 on February 07, 2025 in Orlando. (Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

The danger of MAGA's male insecurity

Amanda Marcotte
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives to court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Justin Lane - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's big plan: More crime

Amanda Marcotte
Anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy speaks at a news conference on the five fetuses found inside the home where she and other anti-abortion activists were living on Capitol Hill, at a news conference at the Hyatt Regency on April 05, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump pardons anti-abortion protesters

Griffin Eckstein
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Donald Trump, with Patriot Prayer founder and Republican Senate candidate Joey Gibson speaking during a campaign rally for Gibson on August 4, 2018 (L), and Federal officers operating amid tear gas while clearing the street in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on July 21, 2020 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's revenge tour derailed

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump signs an executive order for pardons on January 6 offenders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump shows "violence will be rewarded"

Russell Payne
Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Josh Hawley and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's "shock and awe" hits Republicans

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden's clemency doesn't go far enough

Austin Sarat
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Hunter Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Unpardonable double standards

Sabrina Haake
Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Hunter Biden (Photo illustration. by Salon/Getty Images)

The political high road is a mirage

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally for U.S. Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Findlay Toyota Center on October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

The "persecution" of Kash Patel

Heather Digby Parton
President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

President Biden pardons son Hunter

Alex Galbraith
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Rudy Giuliani appears in support of his son, New York Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Andrew Giuliani, at an election night watch party in Manhattan on June 28, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Giuliani is the face of MAGA "freedom"

Amanda Marcotte
Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters and staff on his airplane, known as Trump Force One, as he is flown to Iowa on Monday, March 13, 2023, in West Palm Beach, FL. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sad day for Trump, good day for America

Heather Digby Parton
Former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on October 09, 2021 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

In office, Trump nearly pardoned rioters

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
Donald Trump | Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump pardon offer may affect 1/6 pleas

John Wright - Raw Story
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