The Art of the Pardon: How Trump Turned Clemency Into a Business

About this episode

In the final stretch of the midterm election campaign, polls have found that voters are latching onto the perceived corruption of the Trump administration. Kenneth P. Vogel, a New York Times investigative journalist, explores one major story line feeding that perception: how those around the president have turned the pardon process into a business. Guest: Kenneth P. Vogel, an investigative journalist for The New York Times. Background reading: • The pardon industry offers rich offenders a path to President Trump. • A billionaire wanted a pardon from Mr. Trump. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal. Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ab