Legal Affairs: Elie Honig
INSIDE: Confessions of a prominent internet addict / Will AI upend the Oscars race? DONALD TRUMP’S JANUARY 6 pardon spree is, without question, a captivating shiny object. Love what he’s done or hate it (and even some Republicans acknowledge the lunacy), it’s impossible not to gawk: clemency for, essentially, everyone—from seditious conspirators to 170-plus defendants who attacked cops with weapons to nonviolent insurrection-curious Capitol meanderers. Over 1,000 convictions were wiped off the books, all pending prosecutions were dismissed, and about 400 offenders were ordered to be released from prison. Despite prior insinuations from Trump and others about moderation, almost no lines were drawn. They all skated. But the pardon bonanza, for all its shock value and undeniable historical import, obscured a series of momentous policy changes initiated through an avalanche…