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In an interview with Time magazine, President Trump stated his willingness to pardon administration officials before leaving office in January 2025. He criticized former President Joe Biden’s use of pardons, including those given to Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the House Select Committee on January 6th. Democrats have called for investigations into some of Trump's officials, which could lead to prosecutions if a future administration pursues them.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-01,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
US President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where Xi pressed Trump to adopt Beijing's stance against Taiwan independence, which Taiwan rejected outright. Meanwhile, Taiwan is crucial for global tech and economy due to its leading semiconductor production; TSMC alone produces the majority of advanced chips that power smartphones, AI systems, and more. As Stanford Hoover fellow Eyck Freymann noted, economic disruption from a conflict over Taiwan would be severe.
In unrelated developments, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with US media at the UN General Assembly, where he denied Iran's nuclear ambitions while offering to dilute its enriched uranium and allow inspections under international law. He also blamed Washington for ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that Iran has over 440 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60%, raising concerns despite Pezeshkian's denials.
Taiwan's representative, Ambassador Alexander Yui, clarified during an interview on CBS’s "Face the Nation" that while Taiwan was discussed between Trump and Xi, it wasn't a major focus. He emphasized there has been no change in US policy towards Taiwan amid recent tensions with China.
Written for “Taiwan Iran Us Relations Midterms” on 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 386 other(s) covering the same event.
President Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he’d have no issue pardoning White House officials before the end of his second term.
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he → say → term
“Yeah, sure I’d do that,” the president told Time magazine during a lengthy sitdown Monday, later adding: “Sleepy Joe Biden, he gave pardons to everyone.”
“He gave them to [Dr. Anthony] Fauci,” Trump later groused.
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Trump → do → Fauci
“He gave them to this.
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He → give → this
But you mean I’m not allowed to give them, but Sleepy Joe’s allowed to give them?”
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Joe → mean → them
Before returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump was harshly critical of former President Joe Biden’s final acts of clemency.
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Trump → return → clemency
Biden commuted sentences and otherwise granted clemency to thousands of convicts — many of whom committed non-violent drug offenses — during his final two months in office.
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many → commute → office
He also signed pre-emptive pardons for Trump’s political enemies like the members of the House Select January 6th Committee; Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director — and even members of the 46th president’s family who hadn’t been charged with crimes.
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who → sign → crimes
Then-first son Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of gun and tax felonies, also received a sweeping pardon from his father in December 2024 — despite the Biden White House denying the 46th president would do so.
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president → convict → December
Democrats in Congress have already called for investigations into Trump’s ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as well as the impeachment of cabinet officials such as War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Democrats → call → Hegseth
One of Noem’s top aides, Corey Lewandowski, had spilled last year that he wasn’t “worried” about being prosecuted for allegations that he used taxpayer-funded government contracts to enrich himself — because he expected a pardon would be forthcoming, The Post reported.
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Post → spill → himself
I do whatever the f— I want.
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I → do → f
DJT will pardon me,” Lewandowski told one of The Post’s sources.
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Lewandowski → pardon → sources
Lewandowski later claimed: “Never said that.
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Lewandowski → claim → that
Some of the Democratic investigations — which are likely to ramp up if their party takes the House or Senate in the next Congress — could form the basis of prosecutions under a future administration.
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party → ramp → administration
Shortly after entering office, Trump pardoned around 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the US Capitol.
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Trump → enter → Capitol
Elsewhere in the interview, the president exploded at the Time magazine reporters shortly after broaching the topic of clemency, claiming they hadn’t “asked me one f—ing positive question.”
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they → explode → question
All negative,” he fumed, adding that he “should be given credit for fixing the White House” and having “already won” a war against Venezuela.
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he → fume → Venezuela
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