Opinion: What we’ll never know about the Trump pardons

More than almost any other decisions, pardons tell us who and what really matters to presidents — and we all have an interest in finding out why.

Farmers protest against President Donald Trump's pardon of Honduras' former President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Opinion: What we’ll never know about the Trump pardons

More than almost any other decisions, pardons tell us who and what really matters to presidents — and we all have an interest in finding out why.

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