White House Scrambles to Rein in Felon Trump’s Pardons

Members of convicted felon Donald Trump’s inner circle are scrambling to slow down his excessive use of presidential pardons.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and other members of senior leadership are alarmed by the optics and “chaos” of the president’s pardon process—so much so that they’ve “iced out” his presidential pardon czar, Alice Johnson, three people with knowledge of the situation told NOTUS on Tuesday.

Alice Marie Johnson had her sentence commuted by President Donald Trump after she served 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking. / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

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