President Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people who had been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.

The former Fox News host faced allegations about sexual assault and excessive drinking, which he called smears.

When our first populist president, Andrew Jackson, claimed that his 1832 reelection constituted a broad mandate for his entire agenda, his nemesis Sen. Henry Clay demurred: “Sir, the truth is, ...