“We didn’t eat like this,” my cousin Patrick jokes, cutting his steak at a homecoming dinner with family to celebrate his release from prison. President Trump pardoned Patrick on Day One of his White House return. My cousin had been serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence at the Elkton federal correctional institution in Ohio for his actions…
Trump pardoned my cousin for assaulting a police officer Jan. 6 — it was the right call
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February 12, 2025
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