Executive-Clemency

Trump Pardons Ex-Rep. Michael Grimm, Highlighting Political Clemency Campaign

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President Donald Trump pardoned former Republican Representative Michael Grimm, who served seven months in prison for tax fraud and resigned from Congress in 2015. The pardon was part of a broader clemency effort targeting individuals with felony convictions similar to legal challenges faced by …

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