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Mr Cappelli's answer to those who call the response authoritarian is: "Study history. Amnesty for past coup attempts resulted in new coups. Today's pardoned coup plotter becomes tomorrow's coup plotter."

For most people it’s simple and was expressed in recently published polls that showed as many as 83% of Republicans want the Epstein files released and that most people don’t want Maxwell pardoned.

In a letter obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS, her legal team said she would only do so if granted immunity or pardoned, and provided with questions in advance.

Before leaving office, Joe Biden pardoned his son, who last year pleaded guilty to tax evasion in addition to being convicted on the weapons charges.

We live in a country where hundreds of people who stormed the Capitol attempting to steal an election by force were all pardoned.