Dan Friedman
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Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
Relatedly, Trump's supposed pardons for fake electors, and Giuliani, Powell etc, which were only announced via tweet by Ed Martin, not by Trump, have still not appeared on the WH clemency page, and may never. So those increasingly seem not just symbolic but fake. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump issues fake pardons for fake electors
The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Relatedly, Trump's supposed pardons for fake electors, and Giuliani, Powell etc, which were only announced via tweet by Ed Martin, not by Trump, have still not appeared on the WH clemency page, and may never. So those increasingly seem not just symbolic but fake. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
All Trump is guilty of with those obvious autopen signatures is hypocrisy. The far bigger problem with his pardons, particularly the recent one for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who personally enriched Trump's family while seeking clemency, is corruption. www.citationneeded.news/issue-95/
Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff
Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom
www.citationneeded.news
November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
All Trump is guilty of with those obvious autopen signatures is hypocrisy. The far bigger problem with his pardons, particularly the recent one for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who personally enriched Trump's family while seeking clemency, is corruption. www.citationneeded.news/issue-95/
These are fake pardons for fake electors. They are part of Trump's argument that there was nothing wrong with trying to steal than the 2020 election and January 6. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump claims he "pardoned" his fake electors. He doesn't have that power.
The president executed a half-baked plan cooked up by pardon attorney Ed Martin.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
These are fake pardons for fake electors. They are part of Trump's argument that there was nothing wrong with trying to steal than the 2020 election and January 6. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Looking forward to Ed’s response.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Looking forward to Ed’s response.
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If it doesn't split, you must acquit.
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If it doesn't split, you must acquit.
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The mayor is now addressing the sex toy business allegation, and says it’s a consulting business.
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The mayor is now addressing the sex toy business allegation, and says it’s a consulting business.