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A presidential order in 1865 formally delegated this responsibility to the Department of Justice. The office's current name was adopted in 1894. [4] Historically, the norm was for presidents to rely on the pardon attorney process before making pardons (they are not required to do so). [5]
The president may grant pardons on their own accord or in response to requests made through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney. [5] The Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews applications for clemency but serves only an advisory role; the president may disregard the findings or bypass the office altogether. [6]
Office of the Pardon Attorney, accessed Dec. 4, Pardons Granted by President George H. W. Bush (1989-1993) Office of the Pardon Attorney, accessed Dec. 4, Help Me Choose
The two-pronged pardon announcement will consist of the regular pardon process that typically happens at the end of a presidential term. However, Biden will also issue preemptive pardons ...
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." [27]
Donald Trump . Donald Trump issued 238 pardons and commutations between 2017 and 2021. These included a pardon of Charles Kushner, who is the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.. Kushner ...
A smattering of controversial pardons has become common near the end of a term. Bill Clinton pardoned fugitive financier Marc Rich , whose ex-wife Denise had given $200,000 to the Democratic Party ...
Doyle applied for a pardon in 2018 and heard nothing until 2020, when the FBI reached out — and the vetting began. “They talked to my boss, my boss’ boss, they talked to my mother’s boss, they called my doctors," Doyle said. “Just pretty much anybody that had any type of relationship with me in the past 20 years they contacted.”