What do the pardons Trump has already granted tell us about the pardons he might begin granting by the dozens sometime soon? Trump's pardons -- and floated pardons -- to date fall into two basic categories: 1) Perceived victims of an over-aggressive and/or corrupt "deep state" and 2) Pet causes of famous people. So, there are the Trump pardons of people famous people want him to pardon. The more pardons Trump offers up to people who further that narrative -- see, all these people are victims of the "deep state" too! That's why Trump pardons people.

Source: CNN June 06, 2018 19:31 UTC