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While speaking at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday, he portrayed the clemency actions as an effort to address what he views as miscarriages of justice. Mr. Trump also said he has relied heavily on recommendations from friends and associates of those seeking clemency.

“I really rely on the recommendations of people that know them,” Mr. Trump said.
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Mr. Milken has cultivated a rapport with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a personal friend who flew on Mr. Milken’s private plane from Washington to California in January 2019, according to Mr. Milken.

Attorneys for Mr. Milken have long sought a presidential pardon. They lobbied President Clinton before he left office, but the move faced strong law-enforcement opposition

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-has-commuted-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich-11582051259


The only remaining mystery of the current administration is whether Trump will try to pardon himself before leaving the office of the President.
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