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US Midterm Elections 2026
An Al Jazeera English opinion piece by Ziyad Motala argues that with Democrats set to control both houses of Congress, public congressional investigations into potential wrongdoing by Trump's corporate allies could backfire, since the president's broad pardon power could shield those implicated from federal prosecution. Citing a Washington Post report on scrutiny facing firms such as Palantir, Anduril, OpenAI and Meta, the author urges preserving evidence while postponing public disclosures until January 2029 and calls for constitutional limits on clemency.