US: President Trump pardons 11 people - dw.com
US President Donald Trump has issued pardons for 11 individuals, including nine people convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by tampering with vehicle emissions systems. The move follows Trump's recent memo to the EPA asserting that citizens should be free to modify their own vehicles.
Why it matters
The pardons signal a significant shift in environmental enforcement policy and reflect the administration's ongoing efforts to roll back federal climate and emissions regulations.
Donald Trump has granted pardons to nine people convicted of violating a key environmental law. The US President has also pardoned an associate of convicted felon and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The article focuses on the president's justification of 'persecution' and frames the deregulation as a positive move for individual vehicle ownership rights.
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