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Federal pardons issued by the president apply only to federal offenses; they do not apply to state or local offenses or to private civil lawsuits. [40] Pardons for state crimes are handled by governors or a state pardon board. [1] The president's power to grant pardons explicitly does not apply "in cases of impeachment." This means that the ...
For example, a president can only issue pardons for federal or national-level crimes. This means, for instance, that Trump cannot pardon himself in connection with his state-level hush-money case ...
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President Eisenhower began the practice of granting pardons by the batch, through the device of a 'master warrant' listing all of the names of those pardoned, which also delegated to the Attorney General (or, later, the Deputy Attorney General or Pardon Attorney) authority to sign individual warrants evidencing the president's action."
President Trump has said he had the "absolute right" to pardon himself. Here is an overview of his pardon power, which is sweeping but not absolute.
The pardon power of the United States Constitution has been broadly interpreted to include a variety of specific powers. Among those powers are: pardons, conditional pardons, commutations of sentence, conditional commutations of sentence, remissions of fines and forfeitures, respites and amnesties.
Presidential pardons have always been a point of controversy in the United States but some president’s decisions, like Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter, have led to more criticisms than others.