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Stern is a retired journalist and was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team which broke the Cunningham story for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He lives in Parkland, Florida.
When disgraced former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham left prison in 2013, he wrote to the San Diego judge who presided over his case, asking him to restore his gun rights, which he’d forfeited as a convicted felon.
Judge Larry Burns wrote back, explaining he didn’t have that authority.
Now, thanks to a partial pardon hastily issued by then-President Donald Trump as he departed the White House on Jan. 20, the former San Diego congressman and onetime war hero once again enjoys his long-sought right to own a gun.
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The Real Scandal Is the Pardon Trump Didn’t Give
Rufus Rochell checked all the right boxes for clemency: an exemplary record in prison, advocacy out of it, and a friendship with a famous Trump booster. So why didn’t he get it?
Rufus Rochelle, 69, stands in the front yard of his sister s home in Micanopy, Florida. Rochelle lives with his sister as he serves the remainder of his sentence on house arrest. | A. Wallace for Politico Magazine
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As the clock ticked down on the last night of Donald Trump’s presidency, Rufus Rochell anxiously checked Facebook from inside his sister’s home.
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