US President Donald Trump said that on Tuesday he would pardon a “very important person,” without specifying who exactly he was talking about, according to journalists of the presidential pool. Trump said that on Tuesday, he would issue an Executive order pardoning “a very, very important figure.” Still, it would not be Edward Snowden or former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Earlier, Trump said that he would seriously study Snowden’s situation for a possible pardon, although he admitted that he was not familiar with the story. jetzt kommt s ........ U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote. Anthony is best known for her role in the movement to secure voting rights for women, but she also was a strong anti-slavery and voting rights pioneer. Read more: Voters flock to women’s suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony’s grave on Election Day “She was never pardoned,” Trump said. “What took so long?” He said he would sign “a full and complete pardon later Tuesday. Trump’s pardon comes 100 years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women the right to vote. It’s also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. |