Trump's pardons of public officials and break-in at Beanie Babies mogul's house: Morning Rundown

A handful of Trump’s recent pardons show a shift in Justice Department priorities.

A handful of Trump’s recent pardons show a shift in Justice Department priorities. British authorities garner praise for swift reaction to incident involving a vehicle in Liverpool. And a woman is in a coma after a break-in at the home of Beanie Babies billionaire Ty Warner.

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When President Donald Trump announced this week that he would pardon Scott Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, it furthered a shifting mission within the Justice Department: to de-emphasize public corruption cases.

Scott Jenkins in Culpeper, Va., on Jan. 16, 2020.Eeva Hambach / AFP via Getty Images fileJenkins’ name and his case are likely not widely recognized by the general public. In March, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of accepting over $75,000 in exchange for giving law enforcement authority to local businessmen, as well as two undercover FBI special agents. All of Jenkins’ co-defendants pleaded guilty.

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