Donald Trump is reportedly meeting on Friday afternoon to look at a list of people who might get pardons.This list is based on suggestions from his advisers, and it includes some well-known people who have been convicted of breaking environmental laws.
Trump had said earlier that he wanted to give out 250 pardons to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, which is being celebrated on Saturday.
CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs shared on X that Trump is discussing pardons today.
She said sources indicated that Trump is likely to pardon a group of people who were convicted of violating emissions and clean air laws.He has also talked privately about possibly pardoning other famous people like Sean “Diddy” Combs, but those names weren’t on the list suggested by his pardons team, according to one source.
Jacobs also mentioned that there has been a lot of activity lately with people trying to get pardons.
A White House official told CBS that Trump is the final authority on all clemency decisions.Trump had said in January that Combs had written a letter asking for a pardon but that he wasn’t considering it.
The Atlantic reported that Trump’s clemency list could include Malaysian financier Jho Low, who is wanted for his role in the 1MDB scandal, former Fugees member Pras Michel, who was convicted in a lobbying case linked to Jho Low, and Nicole Daedone, a co-founder of the OneTaste sex cult, who was sentenced for her part in a forced labor conspiracy.
Even MAGA radio host Emerald Robinson with LindellTV said she couldn’t support Trump’s pardons for certain celebrities and wealthy friends.
At the start of his second term, Trump used his clemency powers to pardon or reduce the sentences of nearly 1,600 people involved in the January 6 Capitol riot.
At least 97 of those people have since been charged with other crimes, ranging from property damage, possession of drugs, and trespassing to more serious charges like grand larceny, stalking, planned murders, and fraud.One person was convicted of sexually abusing a child and received a life sentence, while another was convicted of causing someone’s death through reckless behavior.
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