Secret to destroying Trump's powerful corruption tool hiding in plain sight: analysis

Summary

Congress already has what it needs to rein in President Donald Trump’s pardon spree with no constitutional amendments required, according to an analysis published Saturday by The Bulwark’s Amanda Carpenter. Trump said in a recent “60 Minutes” interview that he intends “to issue tremendous numbers of pardons,” floating clemency for anyone who “got within a thousand miles of the Oval Office.” Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterms and take over in January. The Constitution grants presidents broad pardon powers, but Carpenter argued that the Founders “would be…

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