News Summary

• The beneficiaries of President Donald Trump’s mercy in his second term have mostly been people with access to the president or his inner circle.
• Those who have followed the rules set out by the Department of Justice, meanwhile, are still waiting.
• Trump has granted clemency to allies, donors and culture-war figures — as well as felons who, like him, were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
• On Friday, he granted pardons to 77 people, including Rudy Giuliani and other allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.