Article: BYU Daily Universe - Outside the Outbreak: Trump issues pardons, Biden selects nominee for education secretary - The Daily Universe

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice, Public Education Spending

Top sentiment analyzed: 71% : "President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's education chief and a lifelong champion of public schools, to serve as education secretary. "

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Article: The New York Times - Manafort Can't Be Prosecuted in New York After Trump Pardon, Court Rules

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -54% : "When the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, first brought charges against Mr. Manafort in March 2019, it was widely understood that he was doing so to make sure that Mr. Manafort would face prosecution even if Mr. Trump decided to pardon him. "

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Article: POLITICO - FARA chief leaves DOJ

Top policies analyzed: Non-renewable energy

Top sentiment analyzed: 55% : "The oil industry is slowly transitioning to a future dominated by cleaner energy." "

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Article: The New York Times - The Road to Clemency From Trump Was Closed to Most Who Sought It

Top policies analyzed: Mandatory Prison Sentences, Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -73% : ""When we worked on clemency during the Obama administration, it was based on objective criteria, not recommendations of some political ally or some celebrity," said Kevin Ring, who served time in federal prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and is president of the criminal justice reform group FAMM, formerly known as Families Against Mandatory Minimums. "

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Article: Raw Story - Justice Department can still pursue charges against Manafort, Stone and Bannon: Mueller prosecutor

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -59% : ""In that district, Manafort pleaded to a superseding information containing two conspiracy charges, while the entire underlying indictment -- containing numerous crimes from money laundering, to witness tampering, to violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act -- now remains open to prosecution as there was no conviction for those charges," Weissmann explained. "

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Article: The Inquisitr - Donald Trump's Pardons Were So 'Poorly Worded' That His Allies May Still Be Prosecuted, Legal Experts Say

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -74% : "Flynn -- who served as Trump's national security adviser and pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, but was later pardoned -- may be vulnerable to prosecution as well. "

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Article: Yahoo News - Trump's pardons may be poorly worded enough to leave some people on the hook

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -60% : "In that district, Manafort pleaded to a superseding information containing two conspiracy charges, while the entire underlying indictment - containing numerous crimes from money laundering, to witness tampering, to violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act - now remains open to prosecution as there was no conviction for those charges." "

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Article: Business Insider - Trump's pardons may be poorly worded enough to leave some people on the hook

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -59% : "In that district, Manafort pleaded to a superseding information containing two conspiracy charges, while the entire underlying indictment -- containing numerous crimes from money laundering, to witness tampering, to violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act -- now remains open to prosecution as there was no conviction for those charges." "

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Article: Washington Post - Opinion | Trump's worst pardon is one you haven't heard about

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Article: CNN International - Trump issues 26 new pardons, including for Stone, Manafort and Charles Kushner

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: 81% : "That message was echoed by Stone, who said in a statement, "I wish to praise God and give my deepest thanks to President Donald J. Trump for his extraordinary act of justice in issuing me a presidential pardon."

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Article: MSN International Edition - Who has Trump pardoned? A full list

Top policies analyzed: Marijuana Legalization, Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -77% : "She went on to become a criminal justice advocate, and work with the Trump administration on reforms. "

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Article: The Gazette - Trump grants pardons or clemency to another 29 people, including Charles Kushner and two convicted in Russia probe

Top policies analyzed: Taxes

Top sentiment analyzed: -80% : "Manafort was found guilty in Virginia federal court in 2018 of stashing the money he made as a lobbyist from Ukrainian oligarchs overseas to avoid taxes and then committing bank fraud to keep up a lavish lifestyle when his patrons lost power."

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Article: Boston Herald - For America's sake, Trump should be investigated

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -61% : "On top of the voluminous evidence amassed in Robert Mueller's report that Trump committed as many as 10 separate acts of obstruction of justice, the fact that Trump not only dangled pardons in front of Manafort and Stone in exchange for silence but delivered them has revived a question likely to consume public debate in the coming months: Quite apart from New York prosecutors' independent investigation of Trump for violations of New York laws, should the incoming Justice Department investigate whether Trump violated federal ones? "

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Article: Yahoo News - This Steaming Pile of Filthy Pardons Stinks Just Like Trump

Top policies analyzed: Gun Control, Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -53% : "Generally, pardons are reviewed by the Department of Justice, which weighs various factors like fairness, equity, deterrence, and so forth."

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Article: CNN International - Analysis: Trump's been playing the pardon long game his entire presidency

Top policies analyzed: Criminal justice

Top sentiment analyzed: -61% : "The special counsel looked closely at whether Trump was obstructing justice by dangling pardons for his former advisers Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn -- then all targets of the investigation."

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