Donald Trump Weighs in on Whether He’ll Pardon Diddy
By Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City. His focus is reporting on immigration and border security. He has covered immigration issues extensively, including the root causes of migration to the U.S., its impact on border communities and responses around the country. Dan joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent and […]
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Joe Exotic Asks Trump for Pardon, Says Mexican Partner Will Deport Himself
“Tiger King” star Joe Exotic, also known as Joe Maldonado-Passage, has said that he and his partner, Jorge Marquez, will go to Mexico if he is pardoned by President Donald Trump. Newsweek has reached out to a representative for Joe Exotic outside of regular working hours via email for comment. Why It Matters Exotic shot […]
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Imprisoned Activist Weighs Pardon After 20 month Disappearance
Imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova is considering asking for a pardon from President Alexander Lukashenko after more than four years in prison, her family said Wednesday. Her father, Alexander Kolesnikov, spoke to the media a day after seeing his daughter for the first time in 20 months. His daughter is serving an 11-year prison […]
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Trump’s Potential AG Asks for Pardon List From Jan. 6 Sympathizer
Conservative attorney Mike Davis, potential contender for President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorney general post, is seeking a list of those convicted in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Davis made the request in a post to X on Thursday, asking fellow conservative lawyer Julie Kelly for her “pardon and commutation lists.” Kelly describes […]
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