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Trump’s Wild West Wing Pardons: Inside the Absolutions of Todd Chrisley, Carlos Watson, Sidney Powell, and Other Boldface Pardonees

  • Willem Marx--Vanity Fair
  • published date: 2026-02-18 13:00:00 UTC

Willem Marx speaks to pardoners, pardonees, and the as-yet-unpardoned, from a Bush-era CIA leaker struggling for salvation to reality TV’s favorite criminal couple.

As President Donald Trumps first term neared its violent denouement on the morning of January 6, 2021, in a hushed corner suite several blocks away, a Republican lobbyist placed a call to Stephanie G… [+3373 chars]