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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is on a clemency spree, issuing 4 pardons to white-collar criminals this week, a few of whom have connections to his administration.
On the Justice Division, Trump’s pardon legal professional, Ed Martin, tweeted “No MAGA left behind” this week, adopted by a threaded tweet praising Trump for pardoning the sheriff.
Is all of this authorized? Seemingly: As my colleague Abdallah Fayyad has defined, whereas the presidential pardon energy is commonly abused — and never simply by Trump — it’s additionally extraordinarily broad. He argues there’s a robust case for reforming the ability, however doing so shall be an uphill battle.
And with that, it’s time to sign off…
One among my favourite tales in sports activities proper now’s unfolding in Italy, the place the Giro d’Italia bike race (assume the Tour de France, however in Might) is going down. Budding famous person Isaac del Toro of Mexico received at this time’s stage in thrilling trend, extending his race lead and celebrating with a bow on the line. If he can preserve his lead till Sunday, he’ll develop into the race’s youngest winner in additional than 80 years (he’s simply 21), and the primary ever from Mexico.
