Beverly Hills GOP Donor Pardoned By Trump - Beverly Hills, CA - Elliott Broidy, the former RNC finance chair, was pardoned for accepting millions to lobby on behalf of a wanted fugitive.
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THE BUZZ: The siege of Congress continued to ripple through California politics on Monday, with the House gearing up for impeachment and Sacramento taking sides.
In D.C., Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead with a removal push that she said channeled the will of her members.
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THE BUZZ: Gov. Gavin Newsom spent his Tuesday reordering the landscape of California politics.
THE SENATE PICK:
Newsom finally ended the supercharged Senate lobbying and frenzied speculation by picking the presumed frontrunner: his longtime ally, Secretary of State Alex Padilla. Newsom’s calculus for replacing White House-bound Sen.
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For those who find justice in the pardon of Duncan Hunter, remember that you cannot pardon an innocent man.
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The pardons issued by Trump remind me of the selling of indulgences to wayward Catholics by the Catholic church in the 16