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Noticing some notable criminal justice panels at CPAC 2021 As highlighted by this NPR preview, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicks off tonight and concludes Sunday with former Prez Trump giving his first big speech since leaving office. Though there are lots and lots of storylines surrounding this years CPAC, and I was intrigued to see a few criminal justice reform programs appearing on the CPAC 2021 agenda.  Notably, one theme for various CPAC panels is the Bill o...

(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Donald Trump is no longer a sitting president but his allies are still playing an outsize role in this year’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference, widely known as CPAC.  The convening organized by the American Conservative Union culminates Sunday in a speech by the former president himself, Trump’s first public appearance since leaving White House.  Donald Trump Jr. and campaign fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle are slated to speak Thursday, while va...

comments The FBI has opened an investigation into the activities of a pro-Trump group that appears to have engaged in an off-the-books foreign influence campaign and violated IRS rules regulating the political activity of nonprofit organizations, Salon has learned. The probes scope includes two officials affiliated with the Urban Revitalization Coalition, a now-defunct organization which made headlines last year with suspicious cash giveaways to Black voters and subsequently lost its t...

FirstEnergy to open books on its political spending: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 23, 2021; Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Open book: FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to publicly disclose all its spending on any candidates, political parties, and ballot measures through 2024, under a deal reached with a New York State public pension fund that’s a shareholder in the company, according to Jeremy Pelzer. The company announced last week that it’s scaling back its political activity in the wake of ...

( ThyBlackMan.com) One of my favorite movies of all-time is “Deep Cover,” starring Laurence Fishburne. The movie debuted in 1992. Fishburne plays Russell Stevens Jr., an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent. During his initial interview with the DEA, Fishburne’s character was asked: “So, Officer Stevens, tell me, do you know the difference between a Black man and a n–ger?” Fishburne’s reply was epic: “The n–ger’s the one that would even answer that question.” Li...

Florida businessman convicted of $1BILLION Medicare fraud spent NYE dancing at his daughters wedding days after Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence citing his declining health Philip Esformes was among the slew of convicts pardoned by President Trump in the final days of his presidency  Esformes, 51, was convicted on 20 criminal counts in a $1billion Medicare fraud scheme in 2019  The healthcare executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 4 White House claimed the mo...

A Washington Post analysis of the 144 people who received clemency this week found that at least 45 — or nearly a third — had a link to the president or people in his close orbit.

Albert Pirro had been among those expected to be on the list issued in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But when he was not, his ex-wife lobbied Trump directly.

Trump showers clemency on those linked to him, allies Rosalind S. Helderman, David A. Fahrenthold, Beth Reinhard and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post Jan. 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3President Donald Trump waited until his last full day in office to offer clemency to dozens of people.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.Show MoreShow Less 2of3President Donald Trump boards Marine One and departs the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.Washington Post photo by Bill OLe...

Here is a look at all 143 people President Donald Trump granted pardons or commutations to on the final day of his presidency.