Presidential pardons
Trump has one hour left in office. Stephen Bannon is getting the headlines, but he was already out of prison anyway. Let’s see whether Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell. That would be far more spectacular.
New York gossipers are asking whether Jared Kushner has blown his chances of rising in “Manhattan high society” because of how his father-in-law has disgraced himself over the past few years, with Jared at his side. The answer to this question is “no”. Seriously. Look at who Jared’s FATHER is. So I don’t think Jared wants a pre-emptive pardon. Eric and Donald Jr, though, are in another category, and if they don’t get a pardon then they may well be heading to prison. Fifty-two minutes to go at the time of writing…