WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 05: U.S. President Donald Trump shushes journalists before signing the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act in the Rose Garden at the White House June 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. In the midst of nationwide protests against the death of George Floyd, the U.S. Labor Department announced the unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May, a surprising improvement in the nation’s job market as hiring rebounded faster than economists expected in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Image: Getty)
President Donald Trump, whose final day in office is tomorrow, is likely to issue almost 100 pardons sources say.
Trump handed out a number of pardons during December and the beginning of January. White House aides cite Trump as focused on his Electoral College legal battles and unwilling to sign off on pardons that he would have very likely have approved in the months before.
Experts say that Trump’s final pardons are likely to both focus on traditional criminal justice reform candidates, as well as his political allies.
While many believed Trump would also attempt a self-pardon just before he leaves office, advisers have convinced him to forgo it. A self-pardon would imply guilt and is likely be contested in court.
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