Exercising sympathy for rich, powerful, and prominent criminals, President Trump yesterday granted pardons or commutations to 11 people, including former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, and Eddie DeBartolo, former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, and the infamous financial criminal Michael Milkin, the junk bond king.

Riding a surge in the polls, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has qualified to appear in the next Democratic primary debate.

Partial Justice: As fears increase within the Justice Department that the law enforcement arm of the government has become President Trump’s political instrument, more than 1,100 former DOJ prosecutors and officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations signed an open letter …

The Justice Files: Strange things are happening at the Justice Department under the watchful eyes and Twitter thumbs of President Trump. The NY Times reports that Attorney Gen. William Barr has appointed a team to review “politically sensitive” cases.    Barr sent an …

Talkback: Well, President Trump finally got on the nerves of Attorney Gen. William Barr, who said yesterday, “I’m not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody.”   Trump has been tweeting complaints about the how the Justice Department handled the charges against …

Pardon Me: President Trump said yesterday that the prosecutors who recommended 7 to 9 years in prison for his longtime friend and former political associate Roger Stone “ought to apologize.”   “You have murderers and drug addicts that don’t get nine years,” …

In an act of resistance against President Trump, four federal prosecutors resigned yesterday after the Justice Department announced it will reduce their sentencing recommendation for former Trump associate Roger Stone.

Billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the vote at midnight in New Hampshire’s tiny Dixville Notch. He wasn’t even on the ballot.

I Celebrate Myself: The quirky and offbeat South Korean movie “Parasite” became the first foreign language film to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 92 years of the awards. The movie also won three other awards, the most of any …

I, Donald:  Fresh off his impeachment, President Trump yesterday used the National Prayer Breakfast, an event of faith, forgiveness, and respect, to attack the people who brought him to the brink of removal from office.   The President said, “My family, our …