🇺🇸 Trump has repeatedly promised mass pardons to White House staff, telling aides he'll pardon "everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval" before he leaves office. He has issued 1,600 pardons this term, including to allies, donors, and a Honduran president convicted of cocaine trafficking. In his first term he issued fewer than 250. Trump has discussed hosting a news conference to announce mass pardons before leaving office. Aides say he raises it so often they now laugh about it. Source: WSJ.