A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on January 17, 2021.
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This is what a presidency looks like when the ending is all fallout and no dignity. The damage was already done by January 17, but the body count in reputation, law, and trust was still rising.
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Four days after the House impeached Donald Trump on Jan. 13, 2021, for incitement of insurrection, Republicans were still facing the political aftershocks of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the split over how to respond.
In the last days before the January 20 inauguration, Trump’s clemency process drew intense attention as requests moved through the White House and the Justice Department’s pardon system.