<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Donald Trump trades barbs with Elon Musk over the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; Trump implements a sweeping travel ban, and the president calls for an investigation into the Biden autopen controversy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s Friday, June 6, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">MAGA Civil War</span></h2>
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<p><b>Topline:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk implodes on the public stage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The once cozy relationship between</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">President Trump and Elon Musk is quickly deteriorating – on Thursday, the two men traded barbs on their respective social media platforms. In a series of Truth Social posts, the president said Elon was “wearing thin” and claimed he asked him to leave the White House. Trump implied that Elon was not actually mad about spending increases in the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; and is instead lashing out at the Trump administration for revoking the Biden administration’s electric vehicle mandate. Trump says the Tesla CEO “just went crazy” after he lifted the mandate, which “forced everyone to buy electric cars that no one else wanted.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, over on </span><a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930698237650026675"><span style="font-weight: 400;">X</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Musk denied Trump’s claims, floated the idea of starting a new political party, and accused Trump of being in the Epstein files. He’s also pulling up past statements from Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) warning about the dangers of the national debt, essentially accusing both men of flip-flopping on what he’s now calling the “Big Ugly Spending Bill.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bill at the heart of the dispute narrowly passed through the House last month and is currently making its way through the Senate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think the bill&#8217;s 90-95% there,” Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) told The Daily Wire. “The House has done a wonderful job trying to balance ultra-conservatives like me who want to work towards a balanced budget, as well as those people that are from blue or purple districts as well. I would like to see us cut a little bit more spending.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Congressional Budget Office says the bill will raise the deficit by $2.4 trillion over ten years – the White House disputes that figure, and argues that the CBO is under-predicting future economic growth and the additional revenue brought in by the president’s tariffs.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travel Ban 2: Visas On ICE</span></h2>
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<p><b>Topline: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Trump takes another swing at a sweeping travel ban.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Will it survive legal challenges?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The president signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, the Congo, Haiti, Iran, Somalia, and Yemen, from entering the United States. That includes temporary visitors or those seeking permanent immigrant status. Seven more countries, including Venezuela and Cuba, will face a partial ban. While the order includes exemptions for existing visa holders and individuals whose entry “serves U.S. national interests” — presumably heads of state and other diplomats — just about everyone else looking to come from those countries will be kept out. The policy is reminiscent of a </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-signs-proclamation-banning-travel-12-countries-cbs-news-reports-2025-06-04/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">previous travel ban</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Trump implemented during his first term.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a </span><a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1930412786271547485"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> announcing the order, the president cited the terror threat posed by individuals from those countries, pointing to past attacks in Europe and the United States and arguing that the travel ban was a matter of national security. “Among the national security threats [the U.S. State Department] analysis considered are the large-scale presence of terrorists, failure to cooperate on visa security, inability to verify travelers&#8217; identities, inadequate record keeping of criminal histories and persistently high rates of illegal visa overstays,” Trump said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The White House offered </span><a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/24_1011_CBP-Entry-Exit-Overstay-Report-FY23-Data.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">specific numbers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on countries with particularly egregious rates of visa violations. For example, 29% of Afghans here on student or worker visas have overstayed those visas and now live here illegally. Likewise, 49% of B-1/B-2 visas issued to visitors from Chad resulted in similar overstays. Trump says those overstay rates are indicative of a “blatant disregard for United States immigration laws.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The list is subject to revision based on whether material improvements are made,” the president continued. “Likewise new countries can be added as threats emerge around the world, but we will not allow people to enter our country who wish to do us harm and nothing will stop us from keeping America safe.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ban is part of a broader crackdown on immigration enforcement. President Trump has reportedly been dissatisfied with the number of criminal illegals being arrested — it’s been widely reported that top White House adviser Stephen Miller met with ICE officials and threatened to fire top brass if they did not begin detaining at least 3,000 illegals a day. In response, ICE appears to be ramping up its efforts. On Tuesday, the agency made </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/us-news/ice-arrests-surge-to-2200-in-one-day-after-trump-adviser-stephen-miller-pushed-to-dramatically-ramp-up-busts/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2,200 arrests</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> — their highest single-day total in history.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Executives &amp; Autopens</span></h2>
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<p><b>Topline: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Trump and Congress demand a probe into the Biden autopen controversy. Who signed off on major policies, and was Biden aware?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump has ordered an investigation into the Biden administration&#8217;s use of the autopen, following new revelations about the apparent cover-up of Biden’s mental and physical decline during his tenure. </span>The president signed a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/reviewing-certain-presidential-actions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead an investigation into the Biden administration&#8217;s use of this autopen, which mechanically signed Biden’s signature on official documents.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The investigation will look at whether staffers, who are not named, &#8220;unconstitutionally&#8221; exercised the president’s authority while </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">deceiving</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the public about Biden’s mental and physical state. It will look at which policy documents were signed by the autopen, and who directed the autopen to be used.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The autopen, I think, is the big scandal outside of the rigged election of 2020,” Trump said on Thursday.</span></p>
<p>The <a href="https://x.com/GOPoversight/status/1930351332856345072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">House Oversight Committee</a> also heard testimony this week on the validity of Biden&#8217;s executive orders and the possible abuse of the president&#8217;s autopen.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During Biden’s tenure, the White House issued more than 1,200 </span><a href="https://foxnews.com/category/politics/biden-executive-orders"><span style="font-weight: 400;">presidential documents</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, he appointed hundreds of judges to the federal bench, and issued more pardons and commutations than any administration in U.S. history. Trump’s memo also singles out Biden’s controversial decision to commute the sentences of dozens of dangerous criminals on federal death row, including mass murderers and child killers. Trump has previously highlighted Biden-era pardons, including that of Dr. Anthony Fauci, which he suggested was invalid because an autopen signed it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response, former President Joe Biden released a statement on Thursday that claimed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">he</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was the one who made the decisions about “pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations,” adding that “any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.”</span></p>


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Morning Brief: Trump And Elon Go To War, Travel Ban 2.0, & Biden’s Autopen Scandal

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rapper 50 Cent said he would talk to President Donald Trump about the Sean “Diddy” Combs case after Trump did not rule out an executive pardon last week.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The recording artist, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, posted about the situation on his Instagram Reels on Friday. “He said some really bad things about Trump, it’s not ok. I’m gonna reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy,” Jackson wrote, per </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/us-news/50-cent-vows-to-dissuade-trump-from-potential-diddy-pardon/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the New York Post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Donald doesn’t take well to disrespect, and doesn’t forget who chooses to go against him,” the rapper added in a follow-up.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“While working tirelessly to make America great again, there is no room for distraction. He would consider pardoning anyone who was being mistreated, not Puffy Daddy,” Jackson said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “In Da Club” rapper also shared a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKXRpnotQ0P/">screenshot</a> of an article claiming he was trying to &#8220;nuke&#8221; Combs&#8217; chances of pardon. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t say I would nuke anything, I simply said I will make sure Trump is aware,&#8221; Jackson wrote in the image caption.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Combs, 55, has been held without bail since his September arrest on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. If convicted, the Bad Boy Records founder could face life in prison.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump indicated that a pardon for Combs isn’t off the table during an Oval Office press conference alongside Elon Musk on Friday. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Nobody’s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they’re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,” the president said in response to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-asked-about-potential-pardon-for-diddy"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump said he hasn’t been following the case closely, but was aware how much attention it was getting in the news.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I haven’t seen him, I haven’t spoken to him in years,” Trump added of Combs. “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics … that relationship busted up, from what I read. I don’t know — he didn’t tell me that, but I’d read some little bit nasty statements.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me,” he added.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nathan Gay contributed to this report.</span></i></p>


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<p>President Trump declined to rule out a pardon for disgraced rapper Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs if the hip-hop mogul is convicted on federal sex trafficking charges.</p>
<p>Trump made the remarks during an Oval Office press conference alongside Elon Musk on Friday, &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they&#8217;re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,&#8221; the president said in response to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.</p>
<p>Trump said he hasn&#8217;t been following the case closely, but was aware of the extensive media coverage the trial was receiving.</p>
<p>Combs, 55, has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diddy-tells-judge-hes-nervous-as-sex-trafficking-trial-begins-in-nyc?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Diddy+Tells+Judge+He%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Nervous%E2%80%99+As+Sex+Trafficking+Trial+Begins+In+NYC">held</a> without bail since his September arrest on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges in Manhattan. Combs&#8217; trial began in early May, and if convicted, the Bad Boy Records founder faces life in prison.</p>
<p>The president acknowledged his former ties to the embattled music mogul, but added that he hasn&#8217;t seen or spoken to Combs in years.</p>
<p>“I haven’t seen him, I haven’t spoken to him in years,” Trump said. “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics … that relationship busted up, from what I read. I don’t know — he didn’t tell me that, but I’d read some little bit nasty statements.”</p>
<p>Trump emphasized that any pardon decision would be based solely on the merits of the case.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don&#8217;t like me, it wouldn&#8217;t have any impact on me,&#8221; he stated.</p>
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<p>Since reclaiming the presidency in January, Trump has issued an unusually high number of pardons and commutations, often citing his own convictions as evidence of what he describes as a politicized justice system.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/30/us-news/trump-doesnt-rule-out-pardon-for-diddy-if-convicted-of-sex-trafficking/">issued</a> 17 pardons and nine commutations on Wednesday alone, according to the New York Post.</p>
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<p>Prosecutors allege the music mogul used his fame and power to orchestrate what they call &#8220;freak offs&#8221; &#8212; sexual performances involving paid sex workers that were reportedly recorded without consent.</p>
<p>Recent testimony in the federal sex-trafficking trial has revealed <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/05/29/diddy-trial-live-updates-sean-combs-witness-testimony/">allegations</a> from Diddy’s former assistant &#8220;Mia&#8221; about rape and violence, corroborating accounts from stylist Deonte Nash, who testified to witnessing Combs physically assault Cassie Ventura until her head was bleeding. Ventura <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-says-combs-raped-her-broken-up?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Diddy+Trial%3A+Cassie+Ventura+Says+Combs+Raped+Her+After+They+Had+Broken+Up">testified</a> that Combs raped her after they had broken up.</p>
<p>Diddy has pleaded not guilty on all charges.</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Donald Trump issued a pardon for rapper NBA (“Never Broke Again”) YoungBoy, real name Kentrell Gaulden, on Wednesday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 25-year-old recording artist was previously sentenced to just under two years in prison on gun-related charges, per </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/nba-youngboy-pardon-trump-weapons-charges-4e0129e9587c61a317acb4153b2e6f9c#"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Associated Press</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist,” Gaulden said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rapper pleaded guilty to his involvement in a Utah pharmacy drug ring, which included charges of felony identity fraud and felony forgery. Those charges were downgraded to misdemeanors, and Gaulden was forced to pay a $25,000 fine. The following month brought more legal woes for the “Shot Callin’” singer. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gaulden acknowledged that he was in illegal possession of weapons despite being a convicted felon and was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison by a Utah judge. He reached a settlement, including an almost two-year sentence, five years of probation, and a $200,000 fine. The rapper was released from prison in March, but the pardon means he won’t have to serve the five years of probation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The performer has been involved in numerous criminal cases, including two attempted murder charges in 2016 when he was 17 years old, per </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/05/29/nba-youngboy-trump-pardon/83917364007/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The charges were reduced to aggravated assault with a firearm and resulted in a suspended 10-year prison sentence and probation. Gaulden was also involved in a 2018 assault and kidnapping, a 2019 assault and battery lawsuit, and a 2019 shooting in Miami, the outlet noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gaulden recently announced his first headlining national tour, which is scheduled to begin in September and visit 32 cities nationwide.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump issued several other presidential pardons this week, including “Chrisley Knows Best” reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who are currently serving years-long sentences over numerous financial crimes. The president also pardoned former New York Congressman Michael Grimm and former Connecticut Republican Governor John Rowland.</span></p>


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<p>President Donald Trump is set to pardon “Chrisley Knows Best” stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who are currently serving years-long sentences over numerous financial crimes.</p>
<p>Video from the Oval Office shows Trump on Tuesday informing Savannah Chrisley, the couple&#8217;s daughter, that her parents would be granted a full pardon and coming back home in a matter of days.</p>
<p>&#8220;Your parents are gonna be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow,&#8221; Trump said on the call. &#8220;Congratulate your parents &#8212; I hear they are terrific people, this should not have happened.&#8221;</p>
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<p>President Trump calls <a href="https://twitter.com/_ItsSavannah_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_ItsSavannah_</a> to inform her that he will be granting full pardons to her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley!</p>
<p>Trump Knows Best! <a href="https://t.co/j5WPMOOQ7L">pic.twitter.com/j5WPMOOQ7L</a></p>
<p>— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) <a href="https://twitter.com/MargoMartin47/status/1927470034688839944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Savannah, a supporter of Trump&#8217;s and senior fellow of the Nolan Center for Justice, posted a video on social media thanking the president for calling her personally and bringing her family back together.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are freaking out over here,&#8221; Savannah, wearing a MAGA hat, said in a video posted to Instagram. &#8220;We have shed so many tears. The president called me personally, as I was walking into Sam&#8217;s Club, and notified me that he was signing pardon paperwork for both my parents. So, both my parents are coming home!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The fact that the president called me &#8212; I will forever be grateful for President Trump, his administration, and everyone along the way,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I am eternally grateful.&#8221;</p>
<p>Savannah noted that Trump&#8217;s unconditional pardon will give her parents &#8220;their lives back,&#8221; and added that she intends to wear her pink &#8220;MAGA&#8221; hat when she goes to pick them up.</p>
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<p>As previously reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-stars-todd-and-julie-chrisley-sentenced-to-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>, the Chrisleys were convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Additionally, Julie was convicted of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.</p>
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<p>Todd is serving out a 12-year sentence, while Julie was sentenced to seven years behind bars. The couple, however, did get their sentences slightly reduced in 2023, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-tv-stars-todd-and-julie-chrisleys-sentences-have-been-reduced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> highlighted.</p>
<p>CPAC Foundation’s Nolan Center for Justice cheered the coming pardon.</p>
<p>&#8220;Todd and Julie Chrisley &#8230; were prosecuted under political circumstances years ago resulting in a combined 19-year prison sentence,&#8221; the statement <a href="https://www.cpac.org/post/nolan-center-for-justice-celebrates-pardoning-of-todd-and-julie-chrisley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Nolan Center for Justice Senior Fellow Savannah Chrisley, has been a tireless advocate for their release, providing evidence of prosecutorial misconduct and political bias in their case. A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report supported claims that Georgia investigators improperly accessed the Chrisleys’ financial records, highlighting the systemic issues within our justice system.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: President Trump announces he will pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, parents of CPAC&#8217;s Nolan Center for Justice Senior Fellow <a href="https://twitter.com/_ItsSavannah_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_ItsSavannah_</a> <a href="https://t.co/SQ5yyVgMaI">pic.twitter.com/SQ5yyVgMaI</a></p>
<p>— CPAC (@CPAC) <a href="https://twitter.com/CPAC/status/1927482909012947050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-should-not-have-been-prosecuted-trump-pardons-23-pro-lifers-targeted-by-biden-doj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘They Should Not Have Been Prosecuted’: Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Lifers Targeted By Biden DOJ</a></strong></p>


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Trump To Pardon Reality Stars Todd And Julie Chrisley; Daughter Posts Tearful Thank You Video

Trump To Pardon Reality Stars Todd, Julie Chrisley; Daughter Posts Tearful Thank You Message

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was pardoning a Virginia sheriff sentenced to 10 years in prison on bribery charges, saying the Biden administration had politically targeted the former law enforcement officer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a Truth Social post, Trump said he was issuing a full pardon to former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was convicted in December 2024 on charges that he handed out auxiliary deputy positions for money. Jenkins, who was set to report to prison on Tuesday, disputed the accusation and conviction, saying the prosecution was motivated by his conservative views. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ. In fact, during his trial, when Sheriff Jenkins tried to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to allow it, shut him down, and then went on a tirade,” Trump wrote. “As we have seen, in Federal, City, and State Courts, Radical Left or Liberal Judges allow into evidence what they feel like, not what is mandated under the Constitution and Rules of Evidence.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail. He is a wonderful person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left ‘monsters,’ and ‘left for dead.’ This is why I, as President of the United States, see fit to end his unfair sentence, and grant Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon. He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life,” Trump added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenkins first made national headlines back in 2019 when he promised to deputize thousands of Culpeper residents if the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature moved forward with strict gun control measures. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Every Sheriff and Commonwealth Attorney in Virginia will see the consequences if our General Assembly passes further unnecessary gun restrictions,” Jenkins </span><a href="https://wset.com/news/local/culpeper-sheriff-says-hell-deputize-residents-if-gun-laws-pass-in-virginia?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Facebook at the time. “I plan to properly screen and deputize thousands of our law-abiding citizens to protect their constitutional right to own firearms.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also later <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/17/law-enforcement-rallies-around-virginia-sheriff-caught-sting-operation-defying-democrats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">participated</a> in a phone call with other sheriffs discussing potential charges against Hunter Biden based on revelations from the laptop showing his drug use and questionable business dealings. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After that call, Jenkins was wrapped up in a sting operation where federal prosecutors <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/former-culpeper-sheriff-sentenced-10-years-federal-bribery-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he accepted cash bribes in the form of campaign contributions, including from two undercover FBI agents, in exchange for becoming auxiliary deputy sheriffs. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In December 2024, Jenkins was convicted by a jury that found he took $75,000 in campaign donations in exchange for handing out auxiliary deputy badges. According to the Justice Department, those who bribed Jenkins were not trained or vetted and did not do legitimate law enforcement work. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">He was sentenced in March to 10 years in prison. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Scott Jenkins violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him when he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme,” Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Zachary Lee said at the time. “We hold our elected law enforcement officials to a higher standard of conduct and this case proves that when those officials use their authority for unjust personal enrichment, the Department of Justice will hold them accountable.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the trial, Jenkins maintained his innocence and said that he wasn’t given the opportunity to give his side of the story. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I truly believe if I could get an hour of time with someone in the administration and lay out some facts with my attorney and I really believe if they could hear the other side which I couldn&#8217;t get in front of the jury – I believe whole heartedly in the president,&#8221; he said during a video call. &#8220;I believe if he heard the information, I know he would help if he knew my story.&#8221;</span></p>


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Here’s Why Trump Says He’s Pardoning A Virginia Sheriff Convicted Of Bribery

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<p>President Trump on Thursday pardoned Nikola founder and one-time rival of Elon Musk Trevor Milton, who was convicted in federal court in 2022 of defrauding investors in the electric truck company, claiming that he was targeted by prosecutors because he &#8220;supported Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>Milton, 42, claimed he was targeted by prosecutors because he &#8220;supported Trump&#8221; to the tune of nearly $1 million since 2016.</p>
<p>Milton was sentenced to 4 years in prison and a $1 million fine in December 2023 after being convicted on several counts of securities and wire fraud charges in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.</p>
<p>The former CEO expressed relief in an Instagram video Thursday, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardons-nikola-trevor-milton-ceo-securities-fraud-electric-vehicle.html">saying</a>, &#8220;I just got a call from the president of the United States, on my phone, and he signed my full and unconditional pardon of innocence.&#8221;</p>
<p>When asked about the pardon, Trump told reporters, &#8220;They say the thing that he did wrong was, he was one of the first people that supported a gentleman named Donald Trump for president.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added that prosecutors &#8220;persecuted, they destroyed five years of his life. He &#8230; fought for five years of his life, and he did nothing wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Milton <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/founder-of-nikola-motor-company-trevor-milton-pardoned-by-president-trump-302413783.html">claimed</a> in a press release that there were &#8220;striking similarities&#8221; between his case &#8220;and those brought against President Trump,&#8221; stating, &#8220;This pardon is not just about me — it&#8217;s about every American who has been railroaded by the government, and unfortunately, that&#8217;s a lot of people.&#8221;</p>
<p>Milton’s 2022 conviction stems from the former CEO’s false claims &#8220;that the company had early success in creating a &#8216;fully functioning&#8217; semi-truck prototype known as the &#8216;Nikola One,&#8217; when Milton knew the prototype was inoperable,&#8221; prosecutors said at the time.</p>
<p>Since his January inauguration, President Trump has issued numerous high-profile pardons, including approximately 1,500 individuals connected to the January 6 Capitol events, Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, and Devon Archer, who was once a business partner of Hunter Biden.</p>
<p>Nikola&#8217;s financial situation deteriorated significantly before Milton&#8217;s pardon, with the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2025. The electric truck maker reported owing between $1 billion and $10 billion to creditors.</p>
<p>This marked a stunning reversal for a company that once boasted a $30 billion market value in 2020, temporarily surpassing automotive giant Ford&#8217;s valuation.</p>
<p>The company has only sold 600 cars since the third quarter of 2022, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardons-nikola-trevor-milton-ceo-securities-fraud-electric-vehicle.html">reports</a>.</p>
<p>In his Instagram video announcement, Milton appeared visibly emotional while driving, calling it &#8220;probably the best day I&#8217;ve had in five years.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added, &#8220;I am free. The prosecutors can no longer hurt me. They can&#8217;t destroy my family, they can&#8217;t rip everything away from me, they can&#8217;t ruin my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>Milton&#8217;s press release further criticized the justice system, stating, &#8220;It is no wonder why trust and confidence in the Justice Department has eroded to nothing.&#8221;</p>


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<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Devon Archer, the right-hand man of Hunter Biden. Archer was convicted of defrauding a Native American tribe in a business deal. Some allege that evidence indicates Hunter Biden may have been involved, though his involvement was kept out of court.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/03/23/opinion/miranda-devine-trump-to-grant-full-pardon-to-hunter-biden-whistleblower-devon-archer-he-was-screwed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> reported on Tuesday that the pardon came after Archer met Trump at a wrestling match on Saturday, with Trump coming to view Archer as an “anti-Biden person.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“He was screwed by the Bidens. They destroyed him like they tried to destroy a lot of people,” he told the paper.</p>
<p>Peter Schweizer, the author of &#8220;Clinton Cash,&#8221; who has been at the forefront of investigating the Biden family&#8217;s influence-peddling, told The Daily Wire, &#8220;The thinking seems to be that Hunter Biden broke the law and didn’t get punished. Since Devon Archer also broke the law, he shouldn’t be punished. That is not the arithmetic of justice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Archer’s animosity toward Democrats arguably comes not out of shared anger at their corruption or ideology, but because he did not benefit enough from political favors, a Daily Wire review of materials on Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop suggests.</p>
<p>On March 6, 2019, Archer texted Hunter, “Why did your dad’s administration appointees arrest me and try to put me in jail? Just curious… Why would they try and ruin my family and destroy my kids and no one from your family’s side step in and at least try to help me. I don’t get it. And I’m depressed. Bunch of these Asians getting in my head asking me the same so just curious what I should answer.”</p>
<p>Hunter replied, “we aren’t a banana republic buddy. The powerful are targets in this country the more powerful they become. But the truth prevails if you have the stamina and guts and enough love to stay the course.”</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;Every great family is persecuted prosecuted in the US— you are part of a great family—not a side show not deserted by them even in your darkest moments. Thats the way Bidens are different and you are a Biden. Its the price of power.&#8221;</p>
<p>Before President Joe Biden left office, he pardoned his son Hunter for a decade of crimes, rubbing in an apparent double standard.</p>
<p>In 2023, Archer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/intimidated-biden-brand-helped-ukrainian-company-survive-hunters-ex-associate-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> under oath to House Republicans investigating the Biden family’s influence-peddling. He did not provide any smoking gun, saying he was “not aware” of any wrongdoing by then-president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Biden</a> and had no knowledge of him altering U.S. foreign policy to benefit his son. But he said that Hunter was in the business of trading on the Biden &#8220;brand,&#8221; and that the elder Biden was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/key-testimony-alleges-biden-met-with-with-sons-business-partner-kazakh-bank-official" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on speakerphone</a> with his son during more than 20 calls relating to foreign business deals dating back to 2014.</p>
<p>Laptop emails suggest that at the time, Archer was all for using Biden’s brand to make money. For example, in September 2012, Hunter sent him an article claiming that Joe Biden was the star at the Democratic National Convention. “Share with our KZ friends- maybe spur them on,” he said, apparently referring to potential business associates in Kazakhstan who would be more tempted to pay the pair if they were seen as being hitched to a winning political horse.</p>
<p>“Good idea,” Archer wrote.</p>
<p>Then-vice president Biden later discussed expanding overseas business deals in Kazakhstan with Hunter, Archer, and an international banker during an in-person meeting at his Washington, D.C., mansion, Archer told Congress.</p>
<p>Others told GOP investigators that Archer was a willing participant in Hunter’s grift. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-called-father-from-lavish-russian-party-asked-for-help-getting-deal-over-the-finish-line-ex-associate-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Galanis testified</a>, “In 2014, I agreed with Hunter and Devon that the Burnham and Company enterprise would be significantly enhanced by forming a partnership with Harvest Fund Management, a $300 billion Chinese financial services company closely connected to the Chinese Communist Party.”</p>
<p>Materials promoting Burnham listed Hunter as being involved, in addition to Archer. Archer was convicted of charges related to Burnham&#8217;s schemes, and his attorney said that Hunter was also part of the deal, but Hunter was never charged. Hunter&#8217;s attorney claimed he was listed as a participant in the venture without his consent.</p>
<p>Archer was on the board of Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company. He was college roommates with Christopher Heinz, the stepson of John Kerry, and the trio did business together, but Heinz avoided their sketchy international business. Archer was also a Democratic fundraiser before supporting Trump&#8217;s election last year.</p>
<p>Galanis, the businessman and Hunter Biden associate who pled guilty to the scheme to defraud the Native American tribe, said what Hunter and Archer brought to the table were political connections. “The words ‘lean-in’ were used often by Devon and Hunter in our business dealings as a term for access to Vice President Biden’s political influence.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/death-row-or-wanted-for-murder-the-cursed-lives-of-hunter-bidens-associates">Death Row Or Wanted For Murder: The Cursed Lives Of Hunter Biden’s Associates</a></strong></p>


Devon Archer

‘Screwed By The Bidens’: Trump Pardons Hunter Biden’s Business Partner Devon Archer

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Hunter Biden

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if everything you were told about the trial of Derek Chauvin was a lie?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like everyone else in America, I first saw the tape of Derek Chauvin and George Floyd on May 25, 2020, what appeared at the time to be nine minutes of a police officer&#8217;s knee on Floyd&#8217;s neck.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Given the tape alone, I drew the same conclusions as most Americans. I tweeted that the police officer&#8217;s behavior was abhorrent. I called for his prosecution. I said that nobody is defending the actions we all witness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, it&#8217;s not as though I was initially a believer in Chauvin&#8217;s innocence. But over time, new evidence emerged. A lot of new evidence. And I realized I had done something absolutely wrong. I had rushed to judgment as new information was released: the full body camera footage, the complete autopsy findings, the Minneapolis Police Department training materials.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My viewpoint changed, and it changed dramatically. But for most Americans, their only opinion on the case was formed in the hours after the original tape broke. They didn&#8217;t know about the new evidence, or they didn&#8217;t care. The legacy media were deeply complicit in this. They didn&#8217;t cover the details of the autopsy, the details of the complete body camera footage, and the defense presentation at trial.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They let that original impression sit in the minds of the American people for years, and they did that for a reason. They had a predetermined narrative of the race-based guilt of Chauvin and, according to the Left, of white people everywhere.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taking stock of these larger forces at play helps to make sense of the bias that continues to this day. The George Floyd narrative was set.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A racist white police officer murdered a black man in cold blood? Case closed. Evidence to the contrary? Irrelevant. MPD training protocols dismissed? Toxicology report ignored? Medical examiner&#8217;s findings about contributing factors? Conspiracy theories.</span></p>
<h3><strong><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/bss-ep-2160" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: Episode 1 of &#8220;The Case for Derek Chauvin&#8221; on The Ben Shapiro Show</a></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Consider, for example, ESPN&#8217;s Stephen A. Smith, who last week dismissed my call to revisit the Chauvin trial by declaring on his show that he “doesn&#8217;t care about the autopsy,” effectively admitting he doesn&#8217;t care about the facts or the truth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This cavalier dismissal of medical evidence perfectly encapsulates how much of America approaches this case.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“See, you&#8217;re trying to go down the lane I wasn&#8217;t trying to go down,” Smith declared. “I&#8217;m not going to let you take me there, which is why I turned down your invitation to appear on your show. We&#8217;re not getting into all of the science and what the doctor said and an autopsy report, even though I just read it to you to some degree. We don&#8217;t have to go there.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A proper analysis of any case requires examining all the available evidence, not just the parts that confirm preexisting narratives based on the first available information. The media, the politicians, and the prosecutors had no interest in presenting the complete picture. Judging by their reaction to the announcement of this series, they still don&#8217;t.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You&#8217;re not going to hear it from CNN. You&#8217;re not going to hear it from MSNBC. You certainly won&#8217;t hear it from politicians who built their careers on the back of this case. But you&#8217;ll hear it here, because unlike those who rendered judgment and moved on, I believe truth emerges when we&#8217;re willing to revise our positions in light of new information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On March 4, 2025, I launched a petition called </span><a href="http://pardonderek.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pardonderek.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, calling on President Trump to exercise his constitutional authority to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin from his federal convictions in the death of George Floyd.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This isn&#8217;t just about one man, though the unjust conviction of one man should be enough. This is also about restoring the rule of law after a disgraceful period of politically motivated race and identity obsessed weaponization of the justice system.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since returning to office, President Trump has been taking historic action to dismantle the radical ideological framework infecting our institutions. In just six weeks, he has signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken over 400 executive actions, declaring that America will be woke no longer. He&#8217;s systematically dismantling DEI programs across the federal government. He&#8217;s targeting what he calls the tyranny of diversity and forced so-called inclusion in our institutions. He has banned men from women&#8217;s sports, returning education to a merit-based system, and declared there are only two genders in America.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But all of this will remain incomplete if we don&#8217;t address the original sin that kickstarted the entire woke revolution, the match that lit the powder keg of woke insanity and then spread through every American institution like wildfire.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Trump&#8217;s war on wokeness cannot be considered complete unless he addresses the fundamental injustice that started it all. Pardoning Chauvin is about making a definitive statement that the rule of law matters more than mob justice — that America is finally ready to correct the catastrophic error that sent our country spiraling into years of racial division and leftist cultural supremacy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, I understand that this is politically radioactive. I get it. I understand the entire American Left will completely melt down if President Trump were to do this. I get that the media will lose their collective minds.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But frankly, I don&#8217;t care, because justice should matter more than political expediency.</span></p>


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Recognizing Justice In The Derek Chauvin Case

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<p>President Donald Trump announced during the early morning hours on Monday that he would &#8220;void&#8221; pardons that President Joe Biden issued during his final days in office.</p>
<p>&#8220;The &#8216;Pardons&#8217; that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen,&#8221; Trump wrote on social media shortly after midnight.</p>
<p>&#8220;In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden. He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Therefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;The fact is, they were probably responsible for the Documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the Worst President in the History of our Country, Crooked Joe Biden!&#8221;</p>
<p>The president&#8217;s post comes after the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project blew the whistle on Biden using the &#8220;exact same autopen signature&#8221; on multiple pardons issued during his presidency.</p>
<p>Some prominent documents, including Hunter Biden’s pardon and Biden’s announcement that he was dropping out of the presidential race, appear to be hand-signed, the watchdog found.</p>
<p>However, several other controversial pardons, including those for Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, the January 6 Committee, and other Biden family members, were all signed with the same autopen signature, Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel for the Oversight Project told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>Brosnan said that using the autopen to sign presidential pardons is particularly “troubling” since the authority to issue them rests solely with the president as a “constitutional principle.”</p>
<p>“You have to look at it in the context of President Biden’s mental decline,” Brosnan said, noting that Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report last year called Biden an “elderly man with a poor memory.”</p>
<p>“I think we all saw with our own eyes his mental and physical deterioration over the course of his presidency,” Brosnan said. “There’s article after article that comes out showing how the Biden administration and his staff shielded him from public view, retinkered his schedule throughout the presidency, tried to script even what reporters he was calling on at press conferences, and that volume of evidence shows that President Biden wasn’t really running the White House. It was the staff. So if he’s not hand-signing these legally operative documents like pardons or even bills into law, that raises another question.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 Autopen Update 🚨<br />We analyzed Biden&#39;s Jan. 19, 2025 &quot;pardons&quot; for:</p>
<p>-Biden Family Members<br />-Anthony Fauci<br />-General Milley<br />-J6 Committee<br />-Gerald Lundergan</p>
<p>They all have the same exact Biden autopen signature <a href="https://t.co/jc6mkx37il">https://t.co/jc6mkx37il</a> <a href="https://t.co/8VeBDwLNv7">pic.twitter.com/8VeBDwLNv7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1899520975156216146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.</em></p>


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Don’t Listen To The Emotional Blackmail Arguments Against Pardoning Derek Chauvin

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<p>President Trump is expected to pardon disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, potentially offering him the U.S. Ambassadorship to Serbia, according to reports.</p>
<p>According to the New York Post, Trump <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/donald-trump-set-to-pardon-disgraced-ex-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-source/">commuted</a> Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence on federal corruption charges in February 2020, though he did not grant him a full pardon at that time.</p>
<p>The former Illinois governor, 68, was convicted in 2011 on 18 counts, including attempting to exchange then-President Barack Obama’s Senate seat for campaign contributions and forcing a children’s hospital CEO to pay $25,000 under threat of withholding pediatric funding approvals.</p>
<p>Blagojevich was recorded saying about his sale of Obama’s senate seat, “I’ve got this thing and it’s f***ing golden … I’m just not giving it up for … nothing.”</p>
<p>Blagojevich denies the bribery to this day, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blagojevich-they-are-coming-for-trump-the-same-way-they-came-after-me">writing</a> in a Daily Wire op-ed last year, “It was all political talk, initiated by an emissary sent to me by then-President-elect Barack Obama. None of us broke any laws. It was politics, nothing more than political horse-trading.&#8221;</p>
<p>During his trial, Blagojevich insisted his remarks about filling the Senate seat were simply references to a “unique opportunity” to negotiate political support.</p>
<p>Court proceedings, however, introduced wiretap evidence in which he allegedly suggested an offer of $500,000, while prosecutors maintained he aimed for as much as $1.5 million in return for the appointment.</p>
<p>The former governor described himself in the op-ed as a target of “Bush-appointed Republican prosecutors,” contending that then-Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was determined to claim a second successive Illinois governor’s conviction.</p>
<p>Blagojevich also drew parallels to Trump’s recent legal fights, claiming the government obtained “convictions for things that weren’t crimes” in the Manhattan case where Trump faced 34 felony charges related to hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign. The former governor argued those proceedings mirrored aspects of his own experience.</p>
<p>Following his initial commutation, Blagojevich credited his wife Patti’s determined lobbying efforts on his behalf. Trump, for his part, had publicly criticized the severity of the original penalty, calling the sentence “ridiculous” and suggesting it was disproportionate to the offenses of which Blagojevich was convicted.</p>
<p>According to the Daily Mail, Blagojevich’s Serbian heritage has <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14382083/trump-pardon-rod-blagejevich-serbian-ambassador.html">put him</a> “in a strong position” for a possible ambassadorship to the country, as he was seen meeting with the Serbian president last week.</p>
<p>Given his history, some are skeptical that he will be confirmed by the Senate if he is nominated.</p>


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