Pardons

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Sanders tells Biden to consider preemptive pardons since Trump sounds like a 'tinpot dictator'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urged President Biden to pardon lawmakers who investigated President-elect Trump for his role in the Jan.…

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Klobuchar on presidential pardons: 'This whole process cries out for reform'

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday the presidential pardon process “cries out for reform” and proposed a board to standardize…

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Biden Commutes Roughly 1,500 Sentences and Pardons 39 People

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and…

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Klobuchar says she is ‘not a fan’ of preemptive pardons for Trump critics

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said she is “not a fan” of President Biden issuing preemptive pardons for critics of President-elect…

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Auchincloss says preemptive pardons seem to ‘imply guilt’

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday pushed back on the suggestion that President Biden should preemptively pardon individuals who have…

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Jeffries presses Biden to issue more pardons before leaving office

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling on President Biden to issue more pardons before he leaves office, notably for…

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presidential pardons explained : NPR

President Biden and Hunter Biden, pictured in Nantucket, Mass., on Friday. Days later Biden announced he had pardoned his son,…

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Hunter Biden joins history of controversial presidential pardons

President Biden’s stark reversal to pardon his son Hunter is part of a long history of controversial clemency issued by…

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President Biden pardons Hunter; Christmas trees : NPR

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Joe Biden pardons son Hunter over gun and tax charges

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