The President Lashes Out Via Pardons.
The President is using the power of the Presidential Pardon to discredit a criminal just system he views as stacked again him. (NY Times)
“Never mind that Mr. Trump presents himself as a champion of “law and order.” He has been at war with the criminal justice system, at least when it has come to himself and his friends. And so in these final days in office, he is using the one all-but-absolute power vested in the presidency to rewrite the reality of his tenure by trying to discredit investigations into him and his compatriots and even absolving others he seems to identify with because of his own encounters with the authorities.
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The President thinks Washington is totally against him and working to undermine everything he does. The ‘Deep State’ has come into vogue throughout the right wing echo chamber. Trump is now using the remarkable pardon power to get even with his perceived enemies regardless if that leaves public confidence in the justice system seriously strained. ‘Getting even’ in the power world of New York real estate is all that matters and that is the paradigm through which Trump views the world.
