# Lawfare Archive: Former Deputy Chief of the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section Alexis Loeb on President Trump's Pardons Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/lawfare-archive-former-deputy-chief-of-the-justice-department-s-capitol-siege-section-alexis-loeb-on-president-trump-s-pardons Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/lawfare-archive-former-deputy-chief-of-the-justice-department-s-capitol-siege-section-alexis-loeb-on-president-trump-s-pardons.md Podcast: [The Lawfare Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203) Published: 2026-05-23T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/lawfare/episodes/lawfare-archive-former-deputy-chief-of-the-justice-departmen Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c/e/6a107aea55b99c7f89115d29/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/episodes/lawfare-archive-former-deputy-chief-of-the-justice-department-s-capitol-siege-section-alexis-loeb-on-president-trump-s-pardons Duration seconds: 2439 ## Resource From January 23, 2025: Alexis Loeb, the former Deputy Chief of the Capitol Siege Section of the Department of Justice, sits down with  Lawfare  Senior Editor Roger Parloff to talk about President Trump's blanket pardons and commutations for everyone her unit prosecuted.  She discusses how she became involved with the cases; how they were handled by prosecutors, judges, and juries; a couple of cases she personally prosecuted; and her views on the impact of Trump's pardon proclamation. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a  Lawfare  Material Supporter at  www.patreon.com/lawfare . You can also support  Lawfare  by making a one-time donation at  https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/episodes/lawfare-archive-former-deputy-chief-of-the-justice-department-s-capitol-siege-section-alexis-loeb-on-president-trump-s-pardons/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/lawfare-archive-former-deputy-chief-of-the-justice-department-s-capitol-siege-section-alexis-loeb-on-president-trump-s-pardons.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.