"In short, then, the pardons were entirely personal in origin, and so the granting of them was exclusively an exercise of Trump’s own power... The only cost is the further degradation of the government, moving our system closer to a cult of personality."

"In short, then, the pardons were entirely personal in origin, and so the granting of them was exclusively an exercise of Trump’s own power... The only cost is the further degradation of the government, moving our system closer to a cult of personality." https://t.co/WX4jcG6wDo

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 19, 2020