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Trump pardons two D.C. officers convicted in fatal chase

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -38% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office hours after his inauguration Monday, Trump hinted at forthcoming pardons in the case.
50% : In an interview before the pardon was issued, Zabavsky's lawyer, Christopher A. Zampogna, said his client would welcome clemency from Trump, even though accepting a presidential pardon entails an acknowledgment of guilt.
47% : They were sentenced to prison terms of 5½ years and four years, respectively, but remained free pending the outcomes of their appeals.
34% : In ordering the clemency, Trump has waded into a case that set racial tensions ablaze in the Brightwood Park neighborhood of Northwest Washington and caused angry resentment between police and the U.S. attorney's office in the District.
27% : "They were arrested, put in jail for five years because they went after an illegal," Trump said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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