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Why Donald Trump Says It’s “Difficult” to Pardon Sean “Diddy” Combs
Donald Trump shared insight into why it’s unlikely he will grant Sean “Diddy” Combs a presidential pardon, one month after the rap mogul was found guilty on two out of five counts in his case. Donald Trump isn’t doing Sean “Diddy” Combs any favors. Three months after he first shared insight into the possibility…
One of the Jan. 6 defendants has turned down Trump’s pardon
By Alana Wise President Trump this week issued pardons to more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, but one 71-year-old woman turned down the president’s offer of clemency, telling NPR it would be a dishonor to the truth of what happened that day. “I broke the law that day, period. Black and white,” Pamela Hemphill told…
Last hope for Indian nurse on death row in Yemen: pardon from victim’s family
Family members of an Indian nurse who is on death row in war-torn Yemen say they are pinning their hopes on a last-ditch effort to save her. Nimisha Priya, 34, was sentenced to death for the murder of a local man – her former business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi – whose chopped-up body was discovered…