A3 FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2021 | COMPLETE. IN- DEPTH. DEPENDABLE. VIOLENCE IN D.C. PRESIDENTIALPARDONS SOCIALMEDIA Facebook bans Trump through end of his term associates like the president’s personallawyerRudyGiuliani. Trumphasexpressedconcerns toadvisers thataBidenJustice Departmentmight investigate all of them. Trump, whohas told advisers how much he having the power to issue clemency, has for weeks solicited aidesandalliesforsuggestions on whom to pardon. He has also offffffffffffered pre-emptive pardons to advisers and administration offifficials. Manywere takenaback because theydid not believe theywere in legal jeopardy and that accepting his offffffffffffer would be seen as an admission of guilt, according to the two people. Presidential pardons apply to federal law and provide no protection against state crimes. Theywould not applytocharges that couldbe broughtbyprosecutorsinManhattaninvestigatingtheTrump Organization’s The discussions between Trump and his aides about a self-pardon came before his pressureover theweekendon Georgia offifficials to help try to overturn the elections results orhis of riots at the Capitol. MichaelS. Schmidt andMaggieHaberman demonstrate that President Donald Trumpintends to use his remainingtimeinoffiffice to the peaceful and After years of treatingPresidentDonaldTrump’s lawful transition of power rhetoric to his elected successor, Joe withalighter touch, Facebook Biden,” Zuckerberg wrote. and Instagram are silencing But early Thursday morning, his social media accounts for Trump’s social media the rest of his presidency. The manager posted a message move, whichsomecalledjustififififififiedafterWednesday’sinsurrectionattheU. fromTrump said would be an “orderly transitionS. Capitol, isalsoa on January 20th.” somber reminder of the Trumphas repeatedly harnessed that social-media the power of social platforms can exercise. media tochallengetheresults Facebook and Instagram of the presidential race. Platforms said Thursday they will bar Facebook have Trump fromposting at least occasionally labeled or even the inauguration of removed some of his posts. President-elect Joe Biden. In light of Wednesday’s In a post announcing the protests, however, Zuckerberg unprecedentedmove, Facebook said amore aggressive founder Mark Zuckerberg approach is needed. said the risk of allowing Instagram, whichisowned Trumpto use the platformis by Facebook, will also block too great following the president’s Trump’s ability to post on its speech that touched platform“indefifinitelyandfor offffWednesday’s protests and at least the next two weeks,” breach of the Capitol. Zuckerberg Adam Mosseri, the head of saysTrump’s account InstagramtweetedThursday. be locked “for at least the Twi t ter a l so locked next two weeks” but could Trump’s accounts for 12 remain locked indefifinitely. hours after he repeatedly “The shocking events of posted accusations about last 24 hours clearly the integrity of the election. ByBarbaraOrtutay andDavid Klepper ©2021TheNewYorkTimes Associated Press undermine PresidentDonaldTrumphas suggestedtoaideshewants to pardonhimselfinthefifififififinaldays ofhispresidency, accordingto twopeoplewithknowledgeof the discussions, a move that would mark one of the most extraordinary and untested uses of presidential power in American history. In several conversations sinceElectionDay, Trumphas told advisers that he is considering giving himself a pardon in instances, askedwhether he should what the effffffffffffect would be on him legally and according to the two people. It was not clear whether he has broached the topic since he incited his supporters on Wednesday to stormtheCapitol in a mob attack. Trumphasshownsignsthat his level of interest inpardoning himself goes beyond idle musings. He has long maintained he has the power to pardon himself his polling of aides’ views is typically a sign that he is preparing to followthroughonhisaims. He likes that there enormouspower President Trump hasmaintained throughout his presidency that he has the authority to pardon himself and discussed the possibilitywith aides as early as his year in offiffice. Donald fifirst fifirst like and, other ERIN SCHAFF / THE NEWYORK TIMES and until declaretheyareabove thelaw to insulate themselves from being accountable for any crimes they committed in offiffice. A White House spokesperson respond to a request for comment. Trump has considered a range of pre- pardons for family, includinghis three oldest children — Donald Jr., EricTrumpandIvankaTrump — Ivanka Trump’s husband, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, for close has also become increasingly convinced that his perceived use levers of lawenforcementtotarget him after he leaves offiffice. Nopresidenthaspardoned himself, so the legitimacy of prospective self-clemencyhas never been tested in the justice system and legal scholars aredividedaboutwhether the courts would recognize it. But they agree a presidential self-pardon could create a dangerous new precedent for presidents to unilaterally politically, only and held enemieswill the did not fifinances. emptive will him and incitement the and the REPUBLICANPARTY Insurrectionmarksmoment of reckoning for Republicans someone worse in.” Stephanie Grisham, the lady Melania Trump’s chief of staffff and a former White House press secretary, submitted her resignation. Deputy national security adviser Pottinger, WhiteHouse social secretary Rickie Niceta and deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews also resigned, according to offifficials. Trump’s former acting of staffffMickMulvaney, nowaspecialenvoy toNorthern Ireland, joined a growingnumber ofadministration offifficialswhoare resigning. “I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney told CNBC on Thursday. “Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the presidentmight put perhaps final, moment of reckoning for the GOP. The party’s usual excuses for Trump — not a typical politician and is uninterested in hewing to Washington’s niceties — fell short against images of protestors occupying someofAmerican democracy’s most sacred spaces. yearsby its loyalty to Trump, began recalibrating in the aftermath of Wednesday’s chaos. One of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said “enough is enough.” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Trump’s accomplishments in offiffice “werewiped out today.” his call to supporters to knock the crap out” of protesters. Last summer, leaders looked the other way when Trump had hundreds of protesters forcibly removed froma demonstrationnear theWhiteHouse so he could pose with a Bible in front of a church. But the violent siege on Capitol Hill offffffffffffers a new, and ByStevePeoples chief “ AssociatedPress fifirst he’s most party The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was both stunning and predictable, the result of a Republican Party that has repeatedly President Donald Trump’s behavior. Trump was a presidential candidate in 2016, Republican offifficials ignored Matt enabled When whichhas been defifined over past four Theparty, the PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY . ORIGINAL COPY . ORIGINAL COPY . ORIGINAL COPY . ORIGINAL COPY . ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW