Trump moves to block report on election interference and classified documents cases – US politics live
President-elect’s lawyers ask attorney general to stop release of outgoing special counsel Jack Smith’s report
Donald Trump has vowed to pardon January 6 defendants upon taking office, and the Guardian’s Michael Sainato reports that a militia leader who was given a long sentence over the attack has appealed to the president-elect not to pass him over:
Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys group who received a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in 2021, has formally asked Donald Trump for a pardon.
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