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Lesley Stahl

Reporter · US

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Sep 13, 2026
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Sep 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Lesley Stahl

    Paid brokers tout ties to Trump's orbit to lobby for presidential pardons (opens the original)

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    Presidents have been pardoning criminals since George Washington. It's a constitutional power — no explanation needed. The Department of Justice does screen applicants and typically only recommends those who remorsefully seek mercy. But that's not always been the process: President Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. President Clinton pardoned Marc Rich after donations. President Biden pardoned his son Hunter and Anthony Fauci. President Trump? He's developed his own vetting system: pardoning political

  2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Lesley Stahl

    How an Air Force veteran discovered his new house was the seat of a plantation where his ancestors were enslaved (opens the original)

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    This is an updated version of a story first published on May 15, 2022. The original video can be viewed here. Producer's note: As a 60 Minutes producer, sometimes you read about a story that you just have to pursue. That was the case for me when I read Joe Heim's story in the Washington Post about the Miller family in southern Virginia, and their purchase of the home they came to know was called Sharswood. I would like to encourage 60 Minutes viewers to read Joe Heim's article from 2022. Just of

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