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Security triage
Confidence 5/5
★★★★★Fuckup rating 5/5
Five-alarm fuckup
On January 19, 2021, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said federal, state and local agencies were working to secure Inauguration Day, while FBI Director Christopher Wray had already laid out the bureau’s expanded security posture days earlier.
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Clemency grift
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
Justice Department records list commutations for Jonathan Braun and Michael H. Ashley dated Jan. 19, 2021. The public record reviewed here does not show a corrupt bargain, but the timing put Trump’s final clemency actions under intense scrutiny.
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