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A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.

20 octobre 2026 à 23:58
Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Julio Herrera Velutini in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in August 2022, after being charged for his role in a scheme to bribe the territory’s governor, Wanda Vázquez, to dismiss a regulator who was investigating his bank.

Alabama Man’s Death Sentence Is Commuted as Governor Cites Thin Evidence

20 octobre 2026 à 18:07
Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid a $5,000 reward by the state for providing information.

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It is the third time that Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, has commuted the death sentence of a prisoner.

Trump Adds Another Giveaway to His Midterm Pitch: Pardons.

13 octobre 2026 à 23:49
The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.

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President Trump handed two people pardons during his rally on Tuesday.

Spain Cancels Arrest Warrant for Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist Leader

6 octobre 2026 à 12:03
The Spanish Supreme Court canceled an arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium.

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The Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont before a news conference on Tuesday in Belgium, where he has lived since 2017.
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