> Trump has pardoned a number of people who have donated large sums to his political campaigns.

It will be interesting to see how he'll be able to spin his well-documented donations to Democratic causes and sell that to the current administration:

"He personally gave at least $40 million to politicians and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, mostly to Democrats and liberal-leaning groups, making him the second overall top donor to Democrats, only behind George Soros, according to the Center for Responsive Politics" [0].

0: https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donatio...