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Sidney Powell

American attorney and conspiracy theorist

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Dec 1, 2025
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How many presidential pardons did Donald Trump grant by number and list of recipients?

Donald J. Trump’s second-term clemency record includes at least one mass pardon on Jan. 20, 2025 that covered “nearly 1,600” people tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol breach, and by November 2025 report...

Nov 11, 2025
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How do Trump's pardons compare to those of previous US presidents?

Donald Trump’s use of the presidential pardon has been described as both unusually expansive in raw counts by some analyses and unusually targeted toward political allies and January 6-related actors ...

Nov 11, 2025
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What were the most controversial pardons issued by Donald Trump?

Donald Trump’s most controversial pardons clustered around three themes: clemency for January 6 defendants and allies who sought to overturn the 2020 election; pardons for political allies, donors, an...

Dec 13, 2025

Which public figures and groups have promoted or amplified QAnon beliefs?

Public figures and organizations across the right-wing media ecosystem, some politicians, and foreign state media have amplified QAnon themes: researchers and reporting name former national-security a...

Nov 11, 2025

how many people did trump pardon

President Donald J. Trump’s clemency actions are reported with widely different totals: an official Office of the Pardon Attorney listing shows in a narrow 2025 window, while multiple news and oversig...

Jan 15, 2026

Did Sidney Powell plead guilty in Georgia?

Yes. Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty in Fulton County, Georgia, to six misdemeanor counts related to election interference on Oct. 19, 2023, as part of a plea deal in the larger Geo...

Dec 5, 2025

How many total pardons and commutations has Donald Trump granted compared to other recent presidents?

Donald Trump has used clemency far more aggressively in his second term than is typical: reporting and compiled tallies show mass pardons that include roughly 1,500 Jan.‑6 defendants on his first day ...

Jan 12, 2026

Did Trump try to steal 2020 election

A weight of federal and state indictments, a special counsel report, released court evidence and contemporaneous records show coordinated efforts by Donald Trump and allies after the 2020 election to ...

Nov 16, 2025

What claims did Dominion make against Tucker Carlson specifically in their defamation suit?

Dominion’s defamation case against Fox alleged that Fox aired and amplified false claims that Dominion’s voting machines and software “rigged” the 2020 election, and Dominion included Tucker Carlson a...

Jan 16, 2026

What did Sidney Powell agree to say in her recorded statement to Fulton County prosecutors?

Sidney Powell recorded a statement for Fulton County prosecutors as part of a plea deal in which she admitted guilt to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to interfere with election duties and agreed...

Jan 16, 2026

What charges did the Fulton County indictment against Donald Trump allege and what is the case status?

The Fulton County indictment returned August 14, 2023, accuses former President Donald J. Trump and 18 co-defendants of taking part in a sprawling scheme to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential electi...

Dec 2, 2025

Who were the most high-profile recipients of Trump's pardons and what were their convictions?

Donald Trump’s most high-profile clemency actions in 2025 include blanket pardons and mass grants for January 6 defendants (nearly 1,600 people), pardons of top allies who tried to overturn the 2020 e...

Nov 19, 2025

Pardons issued by Trump

President Trump’s second-term clemency spree has included a mass January 20, 2025, pardon for people prosecuted over the Jan. 6 Capitol attack (about 1,500 by White House count) and later targeted par...

Nov 10, 2025

Who has President Trump pardoned from prison

President Donald J. Trump has issued clemency actions that include individual pardons and broad packages of pardons and commutations covering hundreds to thousands of people, notably participants in t...

Jan 11, 2026

Which witnesses and cooperating witnesses have testified against Trump in the federal and state prosecutions?

A mix of former aides, media executives, lawyers and potential grand-jury witnesses have either testified against Donald Trump or are reported to be cooperating with prosecutors across his separate fe...

Jan 10, 2026

What litigation and internal documents (e.g., Smartmatic/Dominion) reveal about Fox News’s editorial decision‑making during the Trump era?

Litigation and internal documents produced in the Dominion and Smartmatic lawsuits expose a trove of internal texts, emails, employee surveys and deposition material that illuminate Fox News’s editori...

Jan 9, 2026

Which individual defendants (Giuliani, Lindell, others) faced separate defamation judgments or settlements related to 2020 election claims?

A cluster of high‑profile individuals and media organizations were swept into defamation litigation over false 2020 election claims; the most concrete monetary settlements in the record involve media ...

Jan 8, 2026

Which false claims by Trump have led to litigation or official investigations, and what were the outcomes?

Donald Trump’s most consequential falsehoods—claims that the 2020 election was stolen and that his businesses did not fraudulently overstate asset values—spawned multiple waves of litigation and offic...

Jan 8, 2026

What were the major defamation lawsuits brought by Dominion and Smartmatic and what were their outcomes?

Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic each brought high‑profile defamation lawsuits after being falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election; Dominion’s most consequential suit ended in a $787.5 mill...

Jan 4, 2026

Sydney Powell exposed leak

Confidential videotaped proffer statements from former Trump lawyers — including Sidney Powell — were leaked to the media, prompting Fulton County prosecutors to seek emergency protective orders to pr...