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  1. The moment Trump relinquished his clemency powers, @AWeissmann_ unveiled an argument that Trump's wave of pre-xmas pardons to figures like Manafort and Stone were oddly flawed and have left the recipients vulnerable to new prosecutions. nytimes.com/live/2021/01/20/us/biden-inauguration/some-trump-pardons-recipients-can-still-be-tried-an-ex-mueller-prosecutor-argued
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    1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
      Whoever drafted those pardons for Trump wrote them narrowly. They only cover convictions, not the broad category of conduct that might yield other charges. Ex: In his plea deal, Manafort admitted under oath that he was guilty of numerous other things he wasn't convicted of.
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