Pardons...

Donald Trump is busy tying up a few loose ends before he vacates the White House on Wednesday… which include racing through a string of federal executions, and stripping the protections from Califoria’s conservation areas, so they can be exploited by mining companies. Oh, and granting pardons to criminals, cronies and co-conspirators. There’s a brisk market for pardons, with wealthy felons hoping to have their crimes and misdemeanours expunged from the records. John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer convicted of illegally disclosing classified information, was told by Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani that he could secure a pardon for $2 million. He turned the offer down, but, who knows, in the final days of the Trump presidency, there may be room to haggle…