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Story summary
- The article details extensive use of presidential pardons by U.S. President Donald Trump, noting a rise.
- Trump granted 238 pardons in his first term and about 1,700 more in the next year.
- Two-thirds of pardons since 2001 went to participants in the insurrection.
- Trump favored pardoning white-collar criminals and erased a billion dollars in restitution and nearly 2,000 convictions.
- The article critiques the corruption of the presidential pardon power under Trump.
