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3 weeks ago | 
mprnews.org | Ryan Lucas |Carrie Johnson
A federal judge on Wednesday formally dismissed the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, granting the controversial request from the Justice Department that generated a public outcry and spurred the largest mass resignation of senior federal prosecutors in decades. The order from U.S. Judge Dale Ho brings an end to the case against Adams, who had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud and other charges following his indictment last year.
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laist.com | Susan Davis |Carrie Johnson
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1 month ago | 
opb.org | Susan Davis |Carrie Johnson
President Trump, through orders, firings and other changes, is remaking the existing system of checks on the president. Supporters say that is exactly the point. No one can say he wasn’t up-front about it. “It’s good to have a strongman at the head of a country,” then-candidate Donald Trump declared at a New Hampshire campaign rally back in January 2024.
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2 months ago | 
wfdd.org | Scott Detrow |Barbara Sprunt |Carrie Johnson
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
nprillinois.org | Carrie Johnson |Alan Byerly |Daniel Adams |Zachary Jordan Alam
Updated January 21, 2025 at 17:00 PM ETThroughout his 2024 campaign for president, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to give pardons to his supporters who had been criminally charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. But up until the moment he reentered the Oval Office on Monday night, his exact plans remained vague. Even his Vice President, JD Vance, appeared to be unaware of the new president's plan as recently as Jan. 12.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
kuow.org | Carrie Johnson |Tom Dreisbach |Ari Shapiro
President Trump issued pardons for nearly everyone charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, undoing a complex Justice Department probe in a moment.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
wgbh.org | Carrie Johnson
January 15, 2025 MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:Early this morning, special counsel Jack Smith closed the book on his election interference charges against Donald Trump. Smith says that criminal case would have produced a conviction against Trump but for Trump’s return to the White House this year. Smith also defended his work against accusations that he acted with politics in mind. He said he and his team followed one North Star - the facts, wherever they led.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
michiganpublic.org | Carrie Johnson
Updated January 14, 2025 at 09:40 AM ETThe Department of Justice's long-awaited election interference report against Donald Trump, released early Tuesday, said the evidence against the president-elect would have led to his conviction at trial — if not for his election victory that led to charges being dropped.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
wusf.org | Carrie Johnson
Special counsel Jack Smith said he would have won a criminal conviction of President-elect Donald Trump if not for his election to a second term.
