How an ex-U.S. attorney for Utah's push for Trump pardons fits his about-face on criminal justice
| Updated: 7:23 p.m. Brett Tolman, the former U.S. attorney for Utah who’s making headlines for making big bucks lobbying the White House for pardons for his clients, has made news before — as an advocate for women who are victims of violent crimes and a crusader reforming the legal system. More recently, however, Tolman has been advising the Trump administration on pardons and commutations. And, according to The New York Times, he “has been collecting tens of thousands of dollars, and possibly more” lobbying for “clemency for the son of a former Arkansas senator; the founder of th...