The personal nature of Mr. Trump’s clemency announcements, at times bypassing traditional Justice Department processes, differentiates him from recent first-term presidents
To get a clemency case on a president’s desk, it often comes down to who you know. That dynamic is even more acute in the current White House.
President Trump granted a series of pardons and sentence commutations this week, a list that featured high-profile cases involving political corruption and corporate greed as well as more routine drug and fraud charges. In the 11 cases, Mr. Trump leaned on advice from friends and allies, as well as a woman he freed from prison in a previous clemency round.
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