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A post shared on social media purports President Joe Biden has pardoned over 8,000 people during his four years in office to cover up the administration’s crimes. Verdict: Misleading Much of the ...
Malcolm Hartzog’s life sentence had already been commuted to 30 years in prison by President Barack Obama in 2016, in what at the time was a record-setting use of clemency power.
Before Thursday, Biden had issued 122 commutations and 21 other pardons, mainly for people with nonviolent drug offenses. (During his first term, Donald Trump granted clemency to 237 people ...
On December 20, 2023, Biden pardoned Colombian businessman Alex Saab as part of a prisoner exchange with Venezuela. Saab was detained on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and laundering of monetary instruments (eight counts). [100] [101] On April 24, 2024, Biden pardoned 11 people who were dealing with drugs. [102] [103]
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Biden pardon list: See full release of 39 people pardoned by president. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment.
The claim: Judge ruled Biden’s preemptive pardons unconstitutional. A Jan. 23 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes an image showing four people – retired Gen. Mark Milley, Dr ...
Of the acts of clemency, 1,715 were commutations (including 504 life sentences) and 212 were pardons. [2] [3] Most individuals granted executive clemency by Obama had been convicted on drug charges, [4] and had received lengthy and sometimes mandatory sentences at the height of the war on drugs. [5]
Controversial pardons sometimes come at last minute. Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter illustrated how controversial a single act of clemency can be. The president wiped out gun and tax ...