Who will Trump pardon next?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

Allies and advisers of Trump’s have suggested pardons for many in his innermost circle, including his children and even the president himself.

With less than two months remaining before he leaves office, President Donald Trump’s recent pardoning of his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, ushers in what many predict to be a flurry of pardons for those close to the president. Allies and advisers of Trump’s have suggested pardons for many in his innermost circle, including his children and even the president himself.

Michael Flynn

On November 30, the Justice Department officially released former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s Executive Grant of Clemency. This pardon broadly clears Flynn of “any possible future perjury or contempt charge in connection with General Flynn’s sworn statements and any other possible future charge that this Court or the court-appointed amicus has suggested might somehow keep this criminal case alive over the government’s objection,” the Justice Department wrote.

Just less than a month into Trump’s presidency, Flynn was fired for lying to Vice President Mike Pence and the FBI about contacting Russian nationals. The lie and Flynn’s contact with the Russians led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s…