Willem Marx

And, you know, there is a good chance men will spend decades behind bars, you know, if they're not able to appeal.

absolutely so you'll probably hear from some of the main victims and witnesses expanding on their testimony on the stand during the trial to talk about the impact this had on their lives you might hear from other victims other witnesses who did not end up testifying the trial were not called or maybe have come forward since the start of the trial or more recently since the start of the investigation and so together that

avalanche of victim testimony and victim impact statements could, again, encourage the judge to impose a very strict sentence.

Yeah, so there's a very small coterie of lawyers and lobbyists who have been able to successfully obtain pardons outside of the January 6th pardonees over the last 14 months since Trump took office.

And at least one of them has been in direct contact with the brothers and their family and their attorneys.

and it does seem like there's every possibility those conversations could continue and it was actually the first time hearing about that possibility that drove me to start digging into that world of

presidential pardons.

And although I didn't end up focusing on the brothers, that is something certainly that will be worth watching in the months and potentially years ahead.

Trump called himself a real estate person at heart in his closing remarks after he and leaders from more than a dozen nations, including Argentina, Pakistan and Mongolia, signed membership documents for the Board of Peace.

Trump will chair the organisation overseeing the ceasefire and future reconstruction in Gaza, with a reported billion-dollar price tag for permanent membership.

The UK and France have said they will not sign the treaty in its current form.

Officials from Germany, China and Italy have expressed concerns.

Belgium insisted it had not signed despite a White House statement that the country would participate in today's ceremony.

Russian state media reported that President Vladimir Putin is willing to pay for Russia's membership with frozen assets in the US.

For NPR News, I'm Willem Marx in Davos, Switzerland.

Against a backdrop of corporate optimism, the free market optimism at Davos is colliding with anxiety over President Trump's renewed tariff threats against European allies.

The apparent rupture of recent days seems to have unsettled many leaders visiting the Swiss ski resort.

Fronters President Emmanuel Macron warned of a world without rules, criticising unilateral economic pressure, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged countries to act together, a message that drew a standing ovation.

But California Governor Gavin Newsom was sharper still, warning Europe that Trump is a wrecking ball, even as U.S.

officials have insisted America first does not mean America alone.