SCOOP - Trump poised to grant clemency to dozens of people, including Sheldon Silver, the disgraced assembly speaker in NY @kenvogel @danarubinstein and me nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…
The list includes L'il Wayne, who Kushner is said to have pushed for, but does not include Trump family members, Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani or Trump himself (this could all change but isn't likely to) nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…
There have been days of meetings about the pardons, with the president beginning to call people on Sunday to tell them they were getting them. Kushner has focused on a group of people working with Alice Johnson. Ivanka Trump has weighed in. nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…
However, as of now, most of the names, one Trump adviser said, will not be familiar ones. When I noted Silver being on the list, the adviser said that's only someone NY people know nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…
Giuliani said on his radio show today he doesn't want one (h/t @andrewkirtzman), and Bannon has seen his chances dim out nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…
People close to Trump Org had wanted pre-emptive pardons for Trump's older sons, believing feds could increase scrutiny going forward. But WH lawyers advised against it. Donald Trump Jr. told associates he didn't want one bc he doesn't think he needs it nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/…
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