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Pardons granted by presidents from George Washington until Grover Cleveland's first term (1885–89) were handwritten by the president; thereafter, pardons were prepared for the president by administrative staff requiring only that the president sign it. [3] The records of these presidential acts were openly available for public inspection ...
President Gerald R. Ford's broad federal pardon of former president Richard M. Nixon in 1974 for "all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974" is a notable example of a fixed-period federal pardon that came ...
The President of the United States has the authority to grant clemency and pardons to people convicted of criminal offenses, usually in the form of a commuted sentence. Also see: Category:Recipients of American presidential pardons. The difference between clemency and pardons is that a pardon means erasure of the crime the person was convicted ...
A post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows a chart of all the pardons that have been issued by presidents. The post alleges Biden has the most by far with over 8,000.
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history," the White House announced Thursday.
US President Donald Trump has issued "full, complete and unconditional" pardons or commutations to almost 1,600 people convicted or charged in connection with the 2021 US Capitol riots. Trump also ...
People pardoned by Woodrow Wilson (1 P) Pages in category "Recipients of American presidential pardons" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Here’s a look back at some of the presidential pardons given by a sitting U.S. president to his own family. President Joe Biden is seen with his son, Hunter Biden, in Nantucket, Massachusetts ...