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Trump has granted a «full and complete pardon» to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who is currently in a US prison for drug-trafficking and weapons offences, according to his attorney Renato Stabile, as reported by CNN.

I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly,

Hernández is serving a 45-year sentence after being convicted in March 2024 for accepting millions of dollars in bribes to protect US-bound cocaine shipments belonging to traffickers he once publicly proclaimed to combat. Hernández was sentenced in June.

Pardoning a narco-king

The pardon comes after Donald Trump has publicly cracked down on drug-smugglers from Venezuela.

Over the last month, Donald Trump has threatened airstrikes on Venezuela and deported thousands of people to El Salvador under the guise of a war against ‘drug-smuggling’.

So if Trump is so focused on stopping drug trafficking, why is he pardoning one of the most notorious political drug traffickers of the 21^st century?

Supporting political entities

Trump’s pardoning of Hernàndez is part of a larger mission to endorse political candidate Tito Asfura, a right-wing presidential candidate.

Honduras has been run by Xiomara Castro since 2021, a leader who has created close ties with Venezuela and Cuba, two countries that Trump has criticized and called ‘dictatorships’.

Recently, Castro has been leaning towards a left-wing stance, something Trump wants no part of.

In comes Asfura, a candidate virtually tied in the polls against the left-wing and centrist parties. Hondurans went to the polls on November 30 in a presidential election whose outcome remains uncertain after a slow and unstable virtual vote count was suspended.

Whoever wins will govern Honduras from 2026 to 2030, but experts are wary that multiple candidates will claim victory on election night.

Multiple organizations have raised concerns about Honduras’s electoral process. The election will be monitored carefully by the Organization of American States and by Washington.

Trump’s post

Trump’s rambling post on Truth Social had a couple of gems, including what may just be a new term: narcocommunists

Tito and I can work together to fight the Narcocommunists and bring needed aid to the people of Honduras.

He made it clear in his post that he believes his candidate, Asfura, has the popular vote, but that corruption can always happen (2020 election, anyone?).

Normally, the smart people of Honduras would reject her, and elect Tito Asfura, but the Communists are trying to trick the people by running a third Candidate, Salvador Nasralla. Nasralla is no friend of Freedom.

Hernàndez’s attorney commented after Trump’s announcement.

We are so grateful to President Trump and everyone who supported President Hernandez. We believe he was the victim of lawfare and a political prosecution. A great injustice has been righted and we are so hopeful for the future partnership of the United States and Honduras.

-Attorney Renato Stabile

It is not clear when Hernandez will return to his country, but it should happen expeditiously.

X introdujo recientemente una función que revela el país o la región en la que se encuentra una cuenta, y rápidamente se hizo viral después de que los usuarios detectaran que muchas de las principales cuentas de redes sociales pro-Trump parecen operar desde fuera de Estados Unidos.

X launched a feature over the weekend that displays users’ locations, renewing scrutiny of the provenance of many accounts, including those that post frequently about U.S. politics.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-11-24T13:40:04.438898Z

X presenta la actualización como una forma de ayudar a los usuarios a juzgar qué es real y qué no lo es en la plataforma. En palabras del Sr. Bier, « Este es un primer paso importante para asegurar la integridad de la plaza de la ciudad global », añadiendo que la plataforma estaba trabajando en más formas para que los usuarios verifiquen la autenticidad del contenido en la plataforma.

Sin sede en Estados Unidos

Según múltiples medios, incluidos el New York Times y The Guardian, muchas cuentas prominentes de MAGA no están basadas en Estados Unidos, sino que operan desde lugares como Europa del Este, Nigeria, el sur de Asia, Tailandia y Rusia, y los usuarios de X ahora acusan a la plataforma de haber permitido años de interferencia continua en la política estadounidense por parte de adversarios extranjeros.

El enfado entre los usuarios de X creció cuando la plataforma retiró repentinamente la herramienta apenas unas horas después de su implementación: los usuarios informaron de que la función de localización había sido retirada y, aunque algunos especularon que se debía a que exponía los orígenes extranjeros de las cuentas de extrema derecha, la plataforma la ha restablecido desde entonces con ajustes, incluyendo advertencias de que las ubicaciones pueden ser inexactas o verse afectadas por el uso de VPN.

Una red de influencia extranjera de la que se sospechaba desde hace tiempo

El comentarista liberal Harry Sisson, que recientemente fue blanco de un vídeo de Trump generado por IA en el que aparecía el presidente arrojando excrementos sobre él desde un avión del « Rey Trump », capturó el estado de ánimo en X, diciendo « Este es fácilmente uno de los mejores días en esta plataforma. Ver todas estas cuentas MAGA expuestas como actores extranjeros tratando de destruir los Estados Unidos es una reivindicación completa de los demócratas, como yo y muchos aquí, que han estado advirtiendo sobre esto », una reacción que se hizo eco de las crecientes preocupaciones sobre las redes de influencia extranjeras sospechadas desde hace tiempo que operan en el discurso político de Estados Unidos.

This is easily one of the greatest days on this platform. Seeing all of these MAGA accounts get exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the United States is a complete vindication of Democrats, like myself and many on here, who have been warning about this.

— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) November 23, 2025

Entre las cuentas con sede en el extranjero marcadas por la nueva herramienta X hay páginas pro-Trump que se presentan como totalmente estadounidenses pero que parecen operar desde el extranjero, incluyendo « Trump Is My President », que aparece como con sede en Macedonia, y « ULTRAMAGA 🇺🇸 TRUMP🇺🇸2028 », que reivindica Washington, D.C., pero aparece como situada en África.

Otros ejemplos de alto perfil documentados por los medios de comunicación incluyen MAGA NATION, con casi 400.000 seguidores, que opera desde Europa del Este, Dark Maga desde Tailandia, MAGA Beacon desde el sur de Asia y MAGA Scope desde Nigeria, lo que subraya cómo una parte del ecosistema MAGA en línea está siendo dirigido desde mucho más allá de las fronteras de Estados Unidos. « IvankaNews », una cuenta dedicada a Ivanka Trump con cerca de un millón de seguidores, aparece en la nueva función de X como una cuenta con sede en Nigeria.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been jailed to serve a 27-year sentence over his role in an alleged coup attempt, after being taken into custody when Brazilian authorities accused him of planning to use a demonstration outside his home as cover to escape.

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup

— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2025-11-25T18:57:12Z

According to court documents, Bolsonaro was also suspected of trying to tamper with his electronic ankle monitor in the lead-up to his arrest.

«The admitted breach of electronic monitoring not only increases the risk of escape but also indicates a blatant violation of the precautionary measures»

His electronic ankle monitor

Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has overseen the coup case, has ruled that Jair Bolsonaro will remain in custody for the duration of his 27-year sentence, after ordering his pre-emptive arrest on Saturday.

The far-right former president had been under house arrest since August and was taken into custody after authorities said he tried to break or tamper with his electronic ankle monitor, leading the court to treat him as a serious flight risk.

Bolsonaro has blamed the violation of his monitoring device on «hallucinations» linked to a change in his medication, but that explanation was brushed aside in the arrest order and in subsequent votes by fellow justices.

In a written opinion backing Bolsonaro’s continued detention, Justice Flávio Dino wrote that «The admitted breach of electronic monitoring not only increases the risk of escape but also indicates a blatant violation of the precautionary measures», underscoring the court’s view that Bolsonaro knowingly defied judicial restrictions.

Let us recall that on January 8, 2023, thousands of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters, refusing to accept his defeat in the 2022 election, stormed the three main seats of federal power on Brasília’s Praça dos Três Poderes — the National Congress, the Planalto presidential palace and the Supreme Court — vandalizing the buildings, clashing with security forces and calling for a military intervention to overturn the election results and prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from governing.

Trump fellow right-wing leader

Jair Bolsonaro, often described as a close ally and ideological twin of Donald Trump, has long been embraced by Trump as a fellow right-wing leader, with the two men aligned on nationalism, conservative social policies and attacks on traditional institutions and the media.

As Bolsonaro faced investigation and trial in Brazil for allegedly plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, Trump repeatedly rushed to his defense, calling the Brazilian proceedings a case of political persecution.

On Truth Social, Trump denounced Bolsonaro’s indictment as a «terrible thing» and demanded that authorities «LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE», framing the charges as part of a broader campaign against conservative leaders.

Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody on.ft.com/4rh2j2C

— Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) 2025-11-22T14:00:35.081259Z

A federal appeals court has refused Donald Trump’s attempt to restore his RICO case against Hillary Clinton and has upheld a penalty of nearly $1 million against President Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba, finding that they engaged in «sanctionable conduct» by filing a frivolous lawsuit targeting Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey.

Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

— Politico (@politico.com) 2025-11-26T15:50:12Z

In its opinion, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge William Pryor Jr.  added that Trump and Habba’s accusations «were indeed frivolous», echoing the assessment of the previous judge who handled the case.

His 2016 presidential campaign

Trump’s bid sought to reinstate the 2022 lawsuit targeting Clinton, Comey and others over allegations about ties between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.

For years, Trump has claimed that Clinton orchestrated a broad conspiracy to fabricate false accusations against his 2016 campaign and to trigger investigations such as special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, but he failed to convince the court with the lawsuit he filed in 2022.

Confusing and poorly structured

But the three-judge appeals panel composed of Chief Judge William Pryor Jr., a George W. Bush appointee, Trump appointee Andrew Brasher and Biden appointee Embry Kidd concluded unanimously that the district court judge who originally ruled against Trump had properly taken into account his «pattern of misusing the courts» when deciding to sanction him. The panel also found that the same standard justified sanctions against his attorney, Alina Habba and leaving in place a penalty of nearly $1 million against them.

In 2022, Trump filed a lawsuit claiming that Hillary Rodham Clinton, James Comey and others conspired to invent allegations of collusion with Russia during the 2016 campaign, which he argued damaged his reputation and business interests. In 2023, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, a Bill Clinton appointee, dismissed the case, describing the 193-page complaint as a «shotgun pleading» that was confusing and poorly structured.

Middlebrooks found that the lawsuit failed to identify any coordinated enterprise, did not allege valid criminal acts, did not show concrete financial damages and was filed outside the statute of limitations, concluding that it served a political rather than a legal purpose and writing: «This case should never have been brought. Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start. No reasonable lawyer would have filed it».

Donald Trump can still seek a rehearing by the full appeals court or ask the Supreme Court to take up the case, and he or the White House could yet comment publicly on the appeals panel’s decision.

A federal appeals court upholds an almost $1 million penalty against President Trump and his attorneys for "sanctionable conduct" in a racketeering lawsuit they brought against Hillary Clinton and other Democrats over the 2016 election.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-11-26T21:31:27Z

New information revealed by Bloomberg and reported by multiple media outlets offers telling details about how the president and his administration have handled the Epstein files since his return to power.

Newly released emails obtained by Bloomberg on Tuesday provide a rare look inside the FBI's handling of the vast Jeffrey Epstein files, revealing how agents and FOIA personnel meticulously reviewed the redacted records earlier this year.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-11-26T15:30:13Z

According to these reports, including coverage by Raw Story, we learn that the Trump administration spent 850,000 dollars in FBI overtime to pay agents to comb through Jeffrey Epstein’s records.

An intensive review

This decision raises new questions about the real reasons behind such an intensive review, especially after months in which Trump was dogged by the shadow of the Epstein files he largely refused to release, until an almost unanimous, bipartisan vote in the House and a unanimous vote in the Senate finally forced their disclosure.

Investigative reporter Jason Leopold of Bloomberg News obtained a behind-the-scenes look at how the FBI handled the review and redaction of the Epstein files under the Trump administration. Following his Freedom of Information Act request to the bureau, Leopold received internal records that shed light on the internal discussions around what would be blacked out, how fast the review needed to move, and how closely the process was being overseen.

🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein fileswww.bloomberg.com/news/newslet…

— Jason Leopold (@jasonleopold.bsky.social) 2025-11-25T21:40:31.637Z

The documents Leopold obtained shed light on how roughly 1,000 FBI special agents were deployed in March, under FBI Director Kash Patel, to support the bureau’s FOIA team at the FBI’s Central Records Complex in Winchester, Virginia. Inside the bureau, this surge of agents was folded into a dedicated effort called the «Special Redaction Project», focused on reviewing and redacting the Epstein files ahead of their public release.

According to these documents, the agents were assigned to work side by side with the FOIA staff to review and redact the Epstein files, including the names of victims and other sensitive personal information, as part of the Special Redaction Project.

According to Bloomberg, FBI personnel assigned to the Special Redaction Project received specific training on redaction protocols, including instructional videos and PowerPoint presentations designed to guide them through the process.

What would ultimately be revealed

Among the information revealed by Jason Leopold, based on records he obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, are internal emails showing that agents reviewed a wide range of materials, including search warrant execution photos, street surveillance video and aerial footage from FBI search warrant execution.

In an email on March 10, FBI personnel from the Office of General Counsel and the bureau’s Information Management Division discussed pending FOIA requests for Epstein-related records, the digitizing and redacting of physical files and the bureau’s commitment to transparency in handling the Epstein documents.

Leopold’s reporting also shows that the FBI paid personnel from various divisions, including counterintelligence and international operations, 851,344 dollars in overtime for working on the Epstein files between March 17 and March 22.

FBI personnel clocked in a total of 4,737 hours of overtime between January and July, and more than 70% of that overtime was logged during the month of March while personnel reviewed the Epstein files.

All of this has made the Special Redaction Project both logistically heavy and highly sensitive, given the intense political stakes over what would ultimately be revealed and what would remain blacked out – including, for Trump’s critics and supporters alike, the question of whether his name will appear in the Epstein files at all after the extensive review overseen by Kash Patel’s FBI.

Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T18:11:20.562163Z

X a récemment introduit une fonctionnalité qui révèle le pays ou la région où un compte est basé, et elle est rapidement devenue virale après que les utilisateurs ont repéré que de nombreux grands comptes de médias sociaux pro-Trump semblent opérer depuis l’extérieur des États-Unis.

X launched a feature over the weekend that displays users’ locations, renewing scrutiny of the provenance of many accounts, including those that post frequently about U.S. politics.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-11-24T13:40:04.438898Z

X présente la mise à jour comme un moyen d’aider les utilisateurs à juger ce qui est réel et ce qui ne l’est pas sur la plateforme. Comme l’a déclaré M. Bier:

« Il s’agit d’une première étape importante pour garantir l’intégrité de la place publique mondiale », ajoutant que la plateforme travaillait sur d’autres moyens permettant aux utilisateurs de vérifier l’authenticité du contenu sur la plateforme.

Pas basé aux États-Unis

Selon plusieurs médias, dont le New York Times et The Guardian, de nombreux comptes MAGA de premier plan ne sont pas basés aux États-Unis, mais opèrent depuis des pays comme l’Europe de l’Est, le Nigeria, l’Asie du Sud, la Thaïlande et la Russie. Les utilisateurs de X accusent désormais la plateforme d’avoir permis des années d’ingérence continue dans la politique américaine par des adversaires étrangers.

La colère des utilisateurs de X s’est accrue lorsque la plateforme a soudainement retiré l’outil quelques heures seulement après sa mise en œuvre: les utilisateurs ont signalé que la fonction de localisation avait été retirée, et bien que certains aient supposé que c’était parce qu’elle exposait les origines étrangères des comptes d’extrême droite, la plateforme l’a depuis rétablie avec des ajustements, y compris des avertissements indiquant que les localisations peuvent être inexactes ou affectées par l’utilisation d’un VPN.

Des réseaux d’influence étrangers soupçonnés depuis longtemps

Le commentateur libéral Harry Sisson, qui a récemment été la cible d’une vidéo de Trump générée par l’IA et représentant le président en train de lui déverser des excréments depuis un avion « King Trump », a capturé l’ambiance sur X, en déclarant:

« C’est facilement l’un des meilleurs jours sur cette plateforme. Voir tous ces comptes MAGA démasqués comme des acteurs étrangers essayant de détruire les États-Unis donne raison aux démocrates, comme moi et beaucoup d’autres ici, qui ont mis en garde contre ce phénomène », une réaction qui fait écho aux inquiétudes croissantes concernant les réseaux d’influence étrangers soupçonnés depuis longtemps d’opérer dans le discours politique américain.

Parmi les comptes basés à l’étranger signalés par le nouvel outil X figurent des pages pro-Trump qui se présentent comme entièrement américaines mais semblent opérer depuis l’étranger, notamment « Trump Is My President », répertorié comme étant basé en Macédoine, et « ULTRAMAGA 🇺🇸 TRUMP🇺🇸2028 », qui revendique Washington, D.C., mais est présenté comme étant situé en Afrique.

🚨 BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee has ruled that all documents signed using Biden’s autopen are INVALID.

That means corrupt figures like Adam Schiff, Mark Milley, Liz Cheney, and Jack Smith are finally going to face justice.

This is exactly what I voted for… pic.twitter.com/BEc4w3TDHE

— MAGA NATION 🇺🇸 (@MAGANationX) October 30, 2025

D’autres exemples très médiatisés documentés par les médias incluent MAGA NATION, qui compte près de 400 000 adeptes et opère depuis l’Europe de l’Est, Dark Maga depuis la Thaïlande, MAGA Beacon depuis l’Asie du Sud et MAGA Scope depuis le Nigéria, soulignant ainsi qu’une grande partie de l’écosystème MAGA en ligne est gérée bien au-delà des frontières américaines. « IvankaNews », un compte de fans d’Ivanka Trump qui compte environ un million d’adeptes, est répertorié par la nouvelle fonctionnalité de X comme étant basé au Nigéria.

A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-11-23T08:15:11.077694Z