Pardons can only apply to federal crimes, and pardons are not available in cases of impeachment.
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Obama also granted pardons to 78 individuals, doubling his previous number of pardons for a total of 148.
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If President Trump pardons someone involved in the Russian investigation, it may depend when he pardons that person.
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The three pardons were among 36 pardons and 31 commutations that Brown issued on Friday, The Associated Press noted.
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Presidents commonly issue pardons during their final days in office, in large part because pardons are inherently unpopular politically.
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Bevin has defended the pardons CNN has sought comment from Bevin about the pardons but has not heard back.
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Trump stuns with audacity of pardons But Trump, brazen and unapologetic, announced a flurry of commutations and pardons on Tuesday.
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Tapper noted an emerging theme for Trump pardons and potential pardons so far -- that the US government is treating people unfairly.
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What do the pardons Trump has already granted tell us about the pardons he might begin granting by the dozens sometime soon?
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President Bill Clinton didn't give any pardons or commutations in fiscal 1996, though the year before that he granted 53 pardons and commuted three sentences.
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To date, he has issued 174 pardons, bolstered by more than 100 conditional pardons he issued in 2016 to people convicted of nonviolent crimes as minors.
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"We have said the president is not going to issue any pardons and is not considering any pardons at this time," Giuliani told the news outlet.
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"The conversation came about because there had been several pardons and the press kept asking about pardons and I wanted to give one answer," Giuliani maintained.
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García's second presidency saw strong economic growth but numerous controversies, including the "narco-pardons" scandal, in which jailed drug-traffickers bought presidential pardons from his aides.
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Pre-pardons idea considered but scrapped Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen told the FBI at some point he and Trump attorney Jay Sekulow discussed the concept of Trump issuing "pre pardons," or pardons to everyone so that no one had to comply with the investigations.
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In addition, while the president has wide pardon power, he cannot legally dangle pardons to influence witness testimony or use pardons to obstruct a prosecution that continues.
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President Donald Trump lashed out at Brown last March when the Democratic governor issued 56 pardons and 14 commutations, including five pardons to immigrants facing deportation orders.
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"I have been asked about pardons by lawyers and the press and I have said the President is not going talk about pardons now," Giuliani told CNN.
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" The history of pardons is actually not quite so clear, and there is evidence suggesting that self-pardons would not be valid, and possibly that self-protecting pardons also would not be valid, because the president has a duty to take care that the laws be "faithfully executed.
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While Trump isn't the first president to misuse the power of mercy, the two pardons made it unusually clear that he would wield pardons for purely partisan gain.
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As chairman of the state Board of Pardons, he has tried encouraging some inmates to seek commutations and pardons, promising them that they will get a fair hearing.
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Similarly, if a president pardons co-conspirators in a crime, the next administration could challenge those pardons in court by claiming they were invalid for the same reasons.
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Even other, less controversial pardons have been cast by the president as a correction of injustice, rather than the forgiveness of a proven crime that presidential pardons properly are.
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Neither the White House nor Trump himself have ruled out pardons for campaign aides indicted in the Russia investigation, though have insisted that no pardons are currently being considered.
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The first way Congress could respond to unreasonable presidential pardons is to subpoena those who accept these pardons — that is, demand that they testify in public or private hearings.
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While the pardons issued by Mr. Bevin may be as unique as his brash governing style, he is far from the first governor to face a backlash over pardons.
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Their pardons have something in common, too: They appear to have been given without much consideration, and in complete disregard of the usual process that applies to presidential pardons.
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"I've only been asked about pardons by the press, and have routinely responded on the record that no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the White House," Cobb said.
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Mr. Trump has already raised the possibility of issuing pardons in general terms, and one of his lawyers spoke last year with attorneys for two former aides about issuing them pardons.
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" On pardons: "I want people to be treated fairly.
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Just as Article II of the Constitution gives the president broad powers to issue pardons, Article I gives Congress broad powers to conduct impeachment proceedings and determine impeachable offenses — including misusing pardons.
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The same is true with respect to pardons: While the president most certainly has this power, we know of no one who believes that the president can simply sell pardons for cash.
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"I have only been asked about pardons by the press and have routinely responded on the record that no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the White House," Cobb said.
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And while the media barely yawned over Obama&aposs pardons and Clinton&aposs infamous pardons, they are absolutely spinning out of control because the president is using his absolute power of the pardon.
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If Trump pardons them all (as Rudy Giuliani was already teasing on Friday afternoon that the president might, and as his pardons so far seem aimed at telegraphing), no one will be surprised.
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Traditionally, the Justice Department's pardons office would make recommendations about pardons and commutations to the deputy attorney general, who would weigh in and then pass the department's final determinations to the White House.
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Traditionally, the Justice Department's pardons office would make recommendations about pardons and commutations to the deputy attorney general, who would weigh in and then pass the department's final determinations to the White House.
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The long-secret records include new information on some of the late-term pardons and commutations that created controversy, including a pair of pardons that followed intervention of one of Hillary Clinton's brothers.
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I want you to deal with the idea of pardons.
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This is the latest in a series of Trump pardons.
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Walker has vowed not to issue pardons during his tenure.
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More cases were being scrutinized for possible pardons, it said.
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Giving him the power to unilaterally issue pardons is terrifying.
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As president, he has near absolute power to issue pardons.
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It asked Republican Governor Rick Scott to issue posthumous pardons.
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Obama also issued 64 pardons, including one for retired Gen.
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Other pardons were far less noble in form or effect.
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Trump could also preemptively issue pardons for his family members.
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The pardons will not be granted immediately, according to CTV.
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There is the issue of presidential pardons for convicted defendants.
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"The pardons are already in the mail," Baldwin's Trump said.
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Trump has so far issued three pardons since taking office.
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But there's little such disagreement on the question of pardons.
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He is only released in 20183 after Putin pardons him.
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Only 24 percent said they would approve of the pardons.
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These issues, they wrote, cannot be fixed with pardons alone.
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American history shows that political pardons aren't necessarily a problem.
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But the political message sent by President Trump's pardons is.
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He has floated other potential pardons, including former Illinois Gov.
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The Constitution gives presidents extremely broad power to grant pardons.
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These latest pardons may just be a warm up act.
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All these pardons may have been warranted under the circumstances.
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Obviously, such pardons serve primarily (or entirely) as symbolic gestures.
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By definition, pardons absolve someone of having broken the law.
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The president sided with his aides and denied the pardons.
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Mr. Bevin insisted there was no impropriety in any pardons.
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Presidents have given pardons to political allies, donors, and friends.
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Trump's pardons would make the founders of our country cringe.
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Pardons themselves might raise questions about obstructing justice, Dellinger said.
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He is only released in 2013 after Putin pardons him.
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" He said, "We all told him we couldn't discuss pardons.
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Military officials publicly accepted the president's orders — pardons for Maj.
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Federal pardons do not apply to violations of state law.
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As do his considerations of pardons for former Illinois Gov.
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Convictions for state crimes are not subject to federal pardons.
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Convictions for state crimes are not subject to presidential pardons.
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For one thing, pardons can't protect people from civil penalties.
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A U.S. president can issue pardons only for federal crimes.
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"As you are well aware, although the President has wide constitutional authority to issue pardons, there is also ample precedent for our Committee to review pardons as controversial as this one," the Democrats wrote.
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And by normalizing criticism and controversy around his pardons, Trump has succeeded in creating an environment in which future pardons of his associates (or even himself) could appear less extraordinary than they would otherwise.
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In fact, attempting to use pardons to obviate the special counsel investigation could backfire, said Walter Dellinger, who wrote about prospective presidential pardons as a top official in the Clinton Justice Department in 1995.
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Political observers have been discussing the possibility of Trump issuing pardons in the Russia probe, following a report by The Washington Post that his lawyers were asking about the president's authority to grant pardons.
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The trend on pardons: Trump has issued several pardons during his presidency, including for former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff "Scooter" Libby, former sheriff Joe Arpaio, and more recently, boxing champion Jack Johnson.
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While the Justice Department was often clearly reluctant to endorse pardons, the files also show that in 22001, there were almost three dozen cases where the department endorsed pardons but Clinton's own lawyers opposed them.
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The pardons were announced in the official gazette late on Thursday.
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Cuomo pardons 7 ex-criminal immigrants Fox & Trends with Carley Shimkus.
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Hun Sen has requested pardons for 23 people since Aug. 17.
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" Warner connects Trump's pardons to witnesses in investigation - The Hill : "Sen.
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WATTERS: The big issue in Washington these days is presidential pardons.
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What do you guys think about all the buzz over pardons?
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Rebels ceded their weapons in exchange for unconditional pardons in 2009.
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In all, Obama granted 209 commutations and 64 pardons on Tuesday.
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The states rejected a proposal to require Senate consent for pardons.
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Intensified protests and international condemnation forced him to retract the pardons.
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Under the Constitution, Trump is permitted wide leeway in issuing pardons.
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Trump isn't the first president who used pardons like this, though.
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Presentation is everything in the Trump White House, even for pardons.
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Trump gave formal pardons to 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and Maj.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump seems to really like issuing pardons.
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You can see recent pardons and commutations on the DOJ's website.
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Nor were their pardons for crimes that originated within the judiciary.
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The rate of presidential pardons has declined over the same period.
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"The President has the power to issue pardons," Frank told me.
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Trump's implicit offer of pardons appears to have played a role.
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Brown granted a total of 72 pardons and seven commutations Saturday.
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He could move against Mueller or issue a rash of pardons.
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Ron DeSantis issued full posthumous pardons to the men on Friday.
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In fact, political pardons are the only kind he has given.
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It would be within the president's authority to issue such pardons.
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Pardons do not require notice or any permission from the recipient.
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Convictions under state law, however, are not covered by federal pardons.
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In the popular mind, pardons imply the commission of a crime.
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Trump's pardons on Tuesday, however, focused on convicted white-collar criminals.
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He has not issued any Mueller investigation related pardons so far.
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As I have long maintained, the Constitution should bar self-pardons.
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Mr. Trump has not ruled out pardons in the Russia investigation.
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President Harding and his attorney general were accused of selling pardons.
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A number of the pardons also were for drug-related convictions.
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On Friday, the Democratic governor granted 56 pardons and 14 commutations.
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These pardons were not just to exonerate the three men of
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I think Barr's letter increases the likelihood that Trump issues pardons.
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But Cohen said he did not speak about pardons with Giuliani.
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Why would the President's personal lawyer talk about pardons at all?
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His crimes are not those for which presidential pardons were established.
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Spain's opposition parties, however, have vowed to prevent any political pardons.
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Pritzker announced the pardons at a church on Chicago's south side.
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His dangling of federal pardons before former associates encouraged state investigations.
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Well if this is a pardons strategy it is skillfully disguised.
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These last two pardons are just the latest in Trump's legacy.
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The answer is yes, if we choose to construe the pardon power's impeachment exception to prohibit not only presidential pardons of impeachment convictions but also pardons of those convicted of criminal undermining of the impeachment process.
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FAKE NEWS The Post story did stress that all discussions of pardons within Trump's legal team have been purely theoretical, and gave no hint that pardons for Jared Kushner or Donald Trump Jr. were in the pipeline.
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Trump's pardon of Arpaio marks one of the earliest pardons in a president's term and one of the only pardons granted alone, according to a CNN analysis of Department of Justice data ranging back nearly three decades.
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Scott Walker has long pledged to issue no pardons while in office.
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From the Carter administration through April 20133, 1,638 petitioners were granted pardons.
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The president has vast authority to issue pardons unilaterally for any reason.
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CAVUTO: All right, I want to give you the numbers on pardons.
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Those are pardons under a president at this stage of his presidency.
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Trump pardons ranchers whose arrests led to armed occupation of wildlife refuge .
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Cartwright's is one of 64 pardons granted by the Obama administration today.
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Go deeper: Trump pardons former U.S. soldier convicted of killing Iraqi prisoner
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And he promised pardons for such people—that was a campaign promise.
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It certainly doesn't signal some kind of serious, systematic interest in pardons.
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But Barr's record reveals why Trump likes him: He recommended convenient pardons.
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Trump suggested in a later tweet that more pardons could be forthcoming.
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The Founding Fathers could have drafted the Constitution to prohibit self pardons.
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Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who has said he will not grant pardons.
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A pardon is by its very nature when one person pardons another.
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And his general counsel went to jail for selling pardons for cash.
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Trump quipped that he can't revoke Obama's pardons of turkeys last year.
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Mr. Trump did not follow Justice Department recommendations in issuing his pardons.
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The Supreme Court has several times upheld defendants' decisions to refuse pardons.
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Historically, all the federal ones that have been convicted have been pardons.
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"The question of self pardons is something I've never analyzed," he said.
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Dowd has never had any mandate or authority with respect to pardons.
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Mr. Walsh called the pardons "the last card" in the cover-up.
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The special prosecutor in the case, Lawrence E. Walsh, assailed the pardons.
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That means insisting that Mueller's investigation continue, unimpeded by firings or pardons.
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In recent weeks, Trump has been heavily focused on issuing presidential pardons.
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"The question of self-pardons is something I've never analyzed," he said.
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Or the president could issue broad pardons for himself and his associates.
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Rod Blagojevich in granting nearly a dozen high profile pardons and commutations.
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Gidley's talking point in defense of Trump's pardons and commutations is incoherent.
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In fact, presidents have even issued pardons after the recipient has died.
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Dowd, for the record, denies any such talks about pardons took place.
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Cohen told the FBI he never spoke directly with Trump about pardons.
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That is because they are often granted suspended sentences or presidential pardons.
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Since taking office in 2013, Ms. Park has granted two such pardons.
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The pardon office usually recommends pardons only after an expression of remorse.
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But some legal scholars say a bedrock legal principle bars self-pardons.
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The move -- along with Trump's pardons of Lt. Clint Lorance and Maj.
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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended earlier Friday that Gov.
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The Louisville Courier Journal first reported the number of pardons and commutations.
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Presidents can issue pardons only for federal crimes, not for state crimes.
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Giuliani told CNN the emails Cohen provided to Congress weren't about pardons.
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The public inherently dislikes pardons (your reader questions bear testament to that).
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Jafarov was among those released in the wave of pardons this month.
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Trump has repeatedly declined to rule out future pardons, including for Stone.
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Congress cannot withdraw presidential pardons, and prosecutors and courts cannot ignore them.
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The House Judiciary Committee is also asking questions about pardons, as they asked a number of Trump officials related to possible pardons for Cohen, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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From pardons to the dossier Cohen weighed in on a variety of topics in his two days of testimony, from the prospect of pardons to the claims made about him in the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia.
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" In a statement, White House counsel Ty Cobb said he has "only been asked about pardons by the press and have routinely responded on the record that no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the White House.
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Petitions seeking pardons for Mr. Avery and Mr. Dassey have gathered 380,000 signatures.
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The pardons being pushed by Democratic lawmakers are seen as a non-starter.
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Mercy has propelled most of the pardons issued by presidents in our history.
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Still, the pardons Trump has chosen to issue generally fall into two categories.
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In some cases, criminals can be offered pardons or immunity, if they confess.
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These are all high profile pardons certain to generate headlines for President Trump.
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Trump's use of pardons has drawn investigations' interest, as potential obstruction of justice.
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During the first seven years of his administration, President Clinton issued 178 pardons.
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He later suggested that any pardons would come after the investigation was over.
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Again -- so what I think is, we don't need sentences; we need pardons.
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" Kavanaugh said: "The question of self-pardons is something I have never analyzed.
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Despite the public suggestions, Trump hasn't granted any pardons to any Mueller defendants.
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Stephen Colbert has slammed Trump's "pardons," and they're not all the Thanksgiving kind.
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Presidents indeed often wait until the end of their terms for big pardons.
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These include petitions for full pardons as well as for commutations of sentences.
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The US Constitution accords the president wide discretion in the issuance of pardons.
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That actually explains why the Framers included an exception for pardons during impeachment.
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Many of the immigrants who received pardons were convicted of drug-related crimes.
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Since being in office, Trump has granted five pardons and commuted one sentence.
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Cohen claimed he had cared nothing about jobs or pardons from Donald Trump.
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Trump also said he's considering pardons for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov.
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Nixon discussed pardons to help silence key figures like Watergate burglar Howard Hunt.
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In all, Trump denied 98 requests for commutations and 82 applications for pardons.
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Since returning to office as governor in 85033, Brown has granted 1,186 pardons.
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The ethical questions Trump is raising aren't new, because questionable pardons aren't new.
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In the same exchange, he attacked former President Bill Clinton for similar pardons.
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During recent presidencies, the vast majority of pardons have proceeded through this route.
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"We have a very rigorous process that relates to pardons," Gidley told MSNBC.
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"I don't want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet," Trump responded.
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Presidents possess the power to issue pardons for federal crimes, not state crimes.
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Mr. Brown granted Christmas Eve clemencies that included 143 pardons and 131 commutations.
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If convicted, he could go to prison even if the president pardons him.
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Both Nixon and Trump dangled pardons as incentives for witnesses to keep quiet.
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But those seeking pardons from President Trump are using a very different strategy.
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He will issue pre-emptive pardons to his minions and his family members.
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When presidents have issued questionable pardons, Congress has often stepped up to investigate.
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At home, he pardons criminal bigots while ripping children away from their parents.
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Nixon dangled pardons to keep witnesses from fully testifying, and so has Trump.
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Most presidents worry about the seaminess of pardons and wait until the end.
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J. B. Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions.
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Last week, Trump issued full pardons to two Army officials and restored Gallagher's.
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The impeachment motion cites the pardons in accusing Ms. Park of selling favors.
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As many as 161 pardons and 419 commutations of sentences were filed Dec.
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The Constitution gives presidents what appears to be unlimited authority to grant pardons.
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Governors who issue pardons often do so on their way out of office.
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A number of the pardons that Bevin issued are for drug-related convictions.
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The authority for presidential pardons in the armed forces comes from the Constitution.
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Pardons were just one of several issues involving Cohen that Congress is probing.
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It's a tactic employed repeatedly by people seeking pardons or prison-sentence commutations.
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Mathew Golsteyn despite lingering concerns the pardons could undermine the military justice system.
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The legislature passed a constitutional amendment that allows it to revoke the pardons.
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He also bypassed the traditional Justice Department protocols for issuing pardons and clemency.
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The king's ceremonial duties include swearing in prime ministers and issuing royal pardons.
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I have been studying self-pardons and writing about them for over 20 years now (including in Chapter 2 of my book), and I have thoroughly convinced myself that any court faced with the issue should rule against self-pardons' validity.
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Letter To the Editor: Re "Trump's Lawyer Said to Mention Idea of Pardons" (front page, March 29): So investigators are looking into whether the president's attorney was floating pardons so potential witnesses wouldn't testify against his client in a criminal investigation.
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Mass pardons have been granted in the past, including former President Jimmy Carter's 1977 move on his first day in office to grant pardons to hundreds of thousands of men who dodged the draft to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.
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" Generally, Trump's stance on pardons has been uneven, ranging from then-White House counsel Ty Cobb saying "no pardons are under discussion" to the President himself saying that pardoning Manafort "was never discussed but I wouldn't take it off the table.
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Rod Blagojevic (D), former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, financier Michael Milken and former San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr. Trump pardons war criminals and convicts to normalize the coming pardons of his political hacks and co-conspirators.
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First, the president cannot issue pardons for state crimes, only violations of federal law.
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So it was not the Founding Fathers' intent to restrict pardons to federal crimes.
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The idea that pardons can only be granted for federal crimes is a myth.
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But times have changed, and the leakers deserve pardons before Trump is sworn in.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro's campaign accused Cuomo of political grandstanding with the pardons.
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I mean, tariffs and pardons, these are things that we see from banana republic.
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He also hinted at possible pardons for youths who had demonstrated against his rule.
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Offenders currently in prison can't apply for pardons because of the five-year rule.
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Canada is reportedly going to offer pardons to everyone convicted of simple marijuana possession.
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Thus far, Trump has not relied on that process for any of his pardons.
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The majority of pardons and other grants of presidential clemency don't typically make headlines.
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Advocates hold banners and signs backing pardons for Southeast Asian refugees who face deportation.
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In addition to the turkey pardons, trump proceeded to pardon himself and his family.
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However, the president does not have the authority to issue pardons on state cases.
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The Georgia pardons and parole board denied Fults' petition for clemency late on Monday.
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Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Lawler's request for clemency on Tuesday.
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Have there been overtly political pardons—to continue using this term—in the past?
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Could it signal that Trump is going to use pardons to seize extra power?
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And if he pardons Arpaio, it's gotta be just so demoralizing for those people.
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Steaks are not the same as pardons, or trade deals, or plum government contracts.
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On Wednesday, Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Conner's request for clemency.
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A presidential transitioning is upon us and we all know what that means: pardons.
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The pardons revealed some of the most egregious issues in the criminal justice system.
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So, there are the Trump pardons of people famous people want him to pardon.
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But even before that stage, Trump's pardons play a critical role for the President.
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Assassinate a sadistic prison guard, chairperson of a corrupt, merciless pardons-and-parole board.
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Instead, he suggested the investigation could be "cleaned up" with pardons after it's finished.
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Settling political scores All three of Trump's first pardons had a distinctly political overtone.
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Greitens decided to issue five pardons and commute four sentences before leaving his position.
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Defense Department officials are concerned that presidential pardons could undermine discipline across the ranks.
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On first glance, it's hard to see who would support pardons for these men.
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Trump has a habit of doling out pardons as rewards to his political supporters.
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Trump could also fire off a slew of pardons, even including one for himself.
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Add to that Trump's stated interest in delivering pardons and commutations to drug dealers.
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"The President has issued no pardons in this investigation," Giuliani told CNN's Jake Tapper.
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Trump's pardons are clearly politically and personally motivated, but there is no similar outcry.
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The president could not refuse to issue pardons to anyone of, say, Kenyan descent.
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The vote follows last week's constitutional amendment that allows parliament to revoke the pardons.
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However, Giuliani and others have frequently discussed the prospect of pardons with the media.
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He released four inmates and issued the post-release pardons of five other people.
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Dowd and the President's other lawyers denied that there were any discussions of pardons.
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"The question was asked yesterday about pardons with respect to Paul Manafort," Trump said.
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As for full pardons, the Obama administration was stingier than most of its predecessors.
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According to the Justice Department, Mr. Trump has so far issued three presidential pardons.
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Regardless, the Post's reporting suggests that more of these pardons and commutations are coming.
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"Pardons are not and cannot become an instrument of impunity," Justice Antunes Rocha said.
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Whether that means pardons or commutations may be awaiting them, only the president knows.
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"They are using pardons as a means of obtaining one's loyalty," Ms. James said.
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They never could have imagined pardons being issued to venal Washington lobbyists in peacetime.
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Trump is using these pardons of black people to play to their celebrity petitioners.
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Trump's immigration tirade began with a Twitter rant about pardons issued by California Gov.
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However, the well-based opposition to self-pardons should not lead to self-delusion.
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There's no evidence that Assange was considered a part of that round of pardons.
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Clinton approved pardons for both Gregorys the following month over the Justice Department's objections.
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He is neither innocent nor contrite, the two common elements in pardons and commutations.
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"I don't want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet," the president said.
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Bevin issued 428 pardons and commutations of sentences during his last days in office.
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In the past, Bevin has also granted pardons to people convicted of drug offenses.
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Each of the three lobbied the administration for pardons, leading to a congressional inquiry.
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The Bush pardons were backed by the attorney general at the time: William Barr.
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Several other possible pardons that Trump hasn't touched still remain on the president's radar.
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Two factors create heightened urgency and greater danger of potential Trump firings and pardons.
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Issuing pardons: The president may also try to pardon away the special counsel's investigation.
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"I don't want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet," Mr. Trump said.
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His predecessor, Scott Walker, a Republican, did not issue any pardons while in office.
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But while it would be unprecedented, issuing pardons for aides would be completely legal.
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Mass pardons On Tuesday, Obama granted commutation of sentence to 209 prisoners and pardons to 64 more, including the commutation of sentence to former Army soldier Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks.
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The only check on pardons is political, but the political check is quite real (which is why both Bush and Clinton did their mischievous pardons as lame ducks), and the new theory that Trump can simply make whole investigations vanish would eliminate it.
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Trump could still change his mind and decide against the pardons — former military officers have come out en masse and said it would be an ill-advised move — but the White House's requests indicate Trump is seriously considering following through with the pardons.
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There are a lot more people more deserving of pardons than all of these people.
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Confederates and draft dodgers pardoned There have been massive military-related pardons in American history.
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He's still working toward closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and could make additional pardons.
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Asked about such a possibility, Earnest said he could not speculate about any hypothetical pardons.
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He passionately advocates for decriminalization, pardons, drug treatment plans, and generous public mental health treatment.
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President Trump announced in July he has given full pardons to Dwight and Steven Hammond.
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The five, for all the hullabaloo about pardons, that&aposs all Donald Trump has had.
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Trump is also reportedly considering pardons for TV personality Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov.
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It has also said granting pardons would help ease the burden of Romania's overcrowded prisons.
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The White House will continue to review pardons and make decisions on a rolling basis.
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Trump has previously floated the possibility of issuing presidential pardons to Manafort and other associates.
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Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, is the only person who has the power to grant pardons.
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The large number of pardons/commuted sentences also puts Americans' lives and property at risk.
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The size of each bubble represents the number of individuals in each group of pardons.
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There are currently 2,108 petitions for pardons, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
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The Constitution clearly provides that presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state ones.
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CNN has learned that Trump is considering pardons for at least 30 more people. 3.
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"The pardons President Clinton made were stunning, shocking and unacceptable on the merits," Sessions said.
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He believes that such power belongs to the states, so he pardons every federal prisoner.
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But though these pardons are the exclusive domain for a sitting president, are they righteous?
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And I think he knows that those kinds of pardons would not be politically viable.
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President Andrew Johnson also issued thousands of pardons to ex-Confederates after the Civil War.
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Booker also said Wednesday that he would "absolutely" support mass pardons for federal marijuana offenses.
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There are established procedures that the Justice Department follows when advising the president on pardons.
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Schiff did not offer specifics regarding to whom he thinks pardons may have been offered.
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There is also talk that he will zealously use pardons to frustrate the Mueller probe.
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Trump has also weighed pardons and commutations for a variety of other high-profile cases.
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An estimated 3,500 people are eligible for pardons under the initiative, according to state records.
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The Washington Post: House, Senate Intelligence panels explore Cohen's knowledge of discussions about potential pardons.
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Brown's pardons on Monday included Cambodian and Honduran immigrants facing deportation, according to published reports.
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Schneiderman cited news reports that Trump may be considering pardons that could impede criminal investigations.
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"The pardons President Clinton made were stunning, shocking and unacceptable on the merits," Sessions said.
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He has also requested additional names for potential pardons from various criminal justice advocacy groups.
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Scott Walker has reportedly refused to review or issue any pardons since he took office.
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Trump's pardons may therefore embolden investigators to issue subpoenas and pressure pardoned individuals to talk.
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He denied on Wednesday that he discussed pardons with lawyers for the president's former advisers.
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Gavin Newsom with hope for pardons that could allow them to stay with their families.
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Petitioners for medical pardons must show that they suffer from an "irreversible and degenerative" ailment.
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At the end of July, King Mohammed VI granted pardons to more than 40 protesters.
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The president's lawyers have urged him to avoid considering pardons until the inquiries are over.
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Background reading: Those seeking pardons are watching as President Trump helps people with celebrity endorsements.
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The president granted full pardons to seven people and commutations to four others on Tuesday.
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Those names highlighted the list of 6003 people who were suddenly granted pardons or commutations.
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Mr. Obama also granted 63 other pardons and 207 other commutations, mostly for drug offenders.
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Trump's pardons erode good order and discipline and could shatter the military's reputation, veterans say
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Roger Clinton denied taking money but acknowledged he urged pardons for five of his friends.
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The president underscored that point on Tuesday with his latest batch of pardons and commutations.
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He should build on this enlightened model, and eschew further pardons of the Blagojevich variety.
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One of his lawyers, Sidney Powell, has advocated on Twitter for pardons from the President.
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One may disagree with the pardons, but presidential intrusion into military justice is not new.
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Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as the Lincoln administration.
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" In a statement, the ACLU called the pardons an "utterly shameful use of presidential powers.
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For Bevin, the pardons have become a controversial capstone to a complex criminal justice legacy.
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Rumors swirled that Trump would announce more war-crimes pardons over the Veterans Day holiday.
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Colville said he was not aware of pardons of this type since the Vietnam War.
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"These pardons also send a disturbing signal to militaries all around the world," he added.
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If a president sold pardons for cash, though, that would violate the federal bribery statute.
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Earlier, Mr. Cuomo took aim at Mr. Trump's immigration policies, issuing pardons to 22 immigrants.
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The same goes for any pardons Trump could issue for former aides like Paul Manafort.
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In Minnesota, the governor and other top officials sit as a board and determine pardons.
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The issuance of 35,000 pardons at once would be remarkable for any governor, but it is particularly so for Mr. Cuomo, who, during his first two years in office, did not issue any pardons; by the end of his fifth year, he had issued eight.
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Coupled with Trump's statements telling the acting secretary of Homeland Security that he would pardon him for breaking the law in the context of immigration enforcement, these pardons and considerations of pardons illustrate how the president is trying to encourage unlawful conduct by public officials.
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They were all released after receiving pardons from members of both families, including Kiran's implicated father.
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It&aposs dangerous to their ideology and it&aposs dangerous in a way that other pardons.
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Sisi does not have the authority to interfere in Egypt's judicial processes but can issue pardons.
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During his very last day in office, he issued 140 pardons, in addition to several commutations.
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Obama granted more petitions for pardons and commutations in December 2014, and again in March 2015.
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They argue that Obama could have been far more aggressive with pardons and commutations for prisoners.
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But they did make up for lost time in total of pardons as their presidencies ensued.
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But Cohen was also difficult to pin down when it came to the subject of pardons.
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Abbott's decision followed a unanimous decision for commutation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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It is a tradition for the president to announce pardons ahead of Liberation Day on Aug.
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Giuliani has publicly said Manafort and others might be eligible for pardons after the investigation ends.
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Any state convictions would be beyond Trump's reach, because presidential pardons don't apply to state crimes.
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Other key issues the 2020 hopeful vowed to tackle included: Considering mass pardons for marijuana offenses.
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The council today approves and monitors agency budgets, and can veto the governor's pardons and appointments.
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" Trump pardons: "The president retains pardon authority as any other president would, but has no plans.
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"His [Cohen's] lawyer said that they went to my lawyers and asked for pardons," Trump said.
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On the president's side is the fact that the Constitution does not expressly prohibit self-pardons.
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In addition to the pardons, Cuomo commuted the sentences of seven people currently serving jail time.
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" Have the government's pardons and plea bargains compromised the "foundation for living a non-criminal life?
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So President Obama could if he wanted to issue these advance pardons [to people like Clinton].
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Second of all, I'm a felon, so I definitely can't hold office until someone pardons me.
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Last week, Young's request for clemency was rejected by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Even if Trump pardons everyone involved, New York and Virginia could theoretically prosecute key witnesses instead.
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The same system could be employed before designating someone for electronic surveillance or for presidential pardons.
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He decided to grant hundreds of commutations and pardons to people convicted of drug-related crimes.
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Under the Turing Law, the pardons would apply only to offenses that are no longer crimes.
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He also reportedly offered pardons to U.S. immigration officials last month if they ignored judicial orders.
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Trump also indicated that he was considering pardons for other soldiers being investigated for war crimes.
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The pardons have been in the works for "a while," Schaffer said, declining to offer details.
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The president traditionally pardons thousands of prisoners around Myanmar's new year, which began on April 17.
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On Friday, Giuliani suggested "things might get cleaned up" with pardons once the Mueller investigation concludes.
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Similarly, pardons are something to celebrate, but they are no substitute for wholesale criminal justice reform.
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Momma beats or pardons, decides who gets work, feeds them or leaves them to go hungry.
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George H.W. Bush, for instance, granted 74 pardons and three commutations despite receiving nearly 1,500 applications.
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After the midterms, then, Trump's own reelection looms, and corrupt pardons would put that in danger.
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It's not clear that Dowd talked to Trump before approaching Flynn and Manafort's lawyers about pardons.
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Trump has received more than 2,800 petitions for pardons and commutations, according to the Justice Department.
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"I haven't had a conversation with the president about pardons or pardoning individuals," said Mr. Sekulow.
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" Mr. Trump continued: "His lawyers said that they went to my lawyers and asked for pardons.
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An additional 2,108 petitions for pardons and 8,833 commutation bids remain pending, according to the office.
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"I haven't had a conversation with the president about pardons or pardoning individuals," Mr. Sekulow said.
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Tuesday's moves were only the latest examples of Trump's willingness to use pardons for political advantage.
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The law also pardons individuals with nonviolent convictions for amounts of cannabis up to 30 grams.
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The latter group of pardons served to unite the country and help it to move forward.
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In pardons, timing is everything, and the timing could not be worse for Trump and Cohen.
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But Trump's recent pardons threaten all of that and place Americans at moral and physical peril.
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Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, also has suggested Trump could issue pardons after the Mueller probe concludes.
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Lawmakers are calling for an investigation into more than 400 pardons issued by former Kentucky Gov.
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And Trump would have the authority to issue pardons up until the moment he leaves office.
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President Barack Obama commuted 1,715 sentences and issued 212 pardons to individuals charged with federal crimes.
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Mr. Barbour, a Republican, had issued 10 times as many pardons as his four predecessors combined.
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This week, Donald Trump issued pardons for white-collar criminals, and Democrats pounced to denounce him.
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Marty (Texas): Now that Trump has been impeached, does he lose the ability to issue pardons?
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The president also granted pardons to two Army officers separately accused of war crimes in Afghanistan.
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Following Cohen's testimony, multiple congressional committees have signaled they plan to investigate the issue of pardons.
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The subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday targets Trump's reported dangling of pardons.
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Pres. Trump pardons former Navy sailor Kristian Saucier imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine. pic.twitter.
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Beshear has reversed Bevin's restrictions on voting, but will not be able to counteract the pardons.
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Most pardons are granted for those already convicted who have served time for a federal offence.
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Mathew Golsteyn despite concerns from Pentagon officials that the pardons could undermine the military justice system.
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Mr. Vance's office is expected to seek charges whether or not the president pardons Mr. Manafort.
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J.B. Pritzker (D) granting more than 85033,000 pardons to people convicted of low-level marijuana convictions.
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But it cannot undo Trump's pardons, or limit them in any way, once they've been granted.
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Bevin, who lost his reelection bid last month, has faced backlash from some state lawmakers for the pardons he signed on his way out of office, with one of the pardons being for a man convicted of reckless homicide whose brother hosted a fundraiser for Bevin's campaign.
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Moreover, the Supreme Court has never specifically looked at the issue of presidential pardons for civil offenses.
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It brings him to 1,324 commutations or pardons, a number that far exceeds other two-term presidents.
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Yes. The president can issue pardons in criminal cases right up until the moment he leaves office.
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Critics also say the pardons are slap in the face to the men who prosecuted the cases.
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And shortly thereafter Rudy Giuliani responded by floating the idea of presidential pardons in the Russia investigation.
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A formal apology from government may include pardons and compensation, and hopefully an edible arrangement fruit bouquet.
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But players responded that a few pardons wouldn't fix the systematic injustices that NFL players were protesting.
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He believes they should consider pardons for those who have only been convicted of nonviolent cannabis crimes.
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The pardons are expected to lift those restrictions -- although they will not clear the offenders' criminal records.
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It's not the first time that pardons have been used to mark major events involving the emperor.
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And Lee Kun-hee is just one of a long list of chaebol chairmen to receive pardons.
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He refused to discuss the case with the Utah Board of Pardons, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
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Yes. The President can issue pardons in criminal cases right up until the moment he leaves office.
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Moon Jae-in, Ms Park's successor, has promised to tame the chaebol and stop doling out pardons.
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In January, Altice went before the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole to ask for early release.
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Cuomo's pardons, issued earlier this week, cover 24,086 ex-cons who are under parole supervision, including Bell.
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Has he made certain promises — for repayment, or for pardons — for associates who remain "loyal" to him?
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WARNER: What about conversations with other Department of Justice or other White House officials about potential pardons?
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Upon announcing the pardons, McAuliffe referred to the investigators having "coerced" false confessions from the four men.
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Cillizza: Presidential pardons have become a late-in-the-term move due to the controversy they cause.
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"We're not researching the issue, because the issue of pardons is not on the table," Sekulow said.
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Trump, as you might imagine, appears to have taken a particular interest in pardons as of late.
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Recent imitators of that past—The Meg, Predator, and Venom—don't deserve the pardons of that period.
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Barr's position on Bush's self-serving pardons was in keeping with his broad views of executive power.
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The most significant is a common law rule requiring pardons to specify the offenses that are absolved.
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The Canadian government is reportedly planning to grant pardons to Canadians with past minor marijuana possession charges.
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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has issued four pardons in the year and a half of his presidency.
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President Barack Obama granted nearly 2,000 clemencies -- usually choosing to commute sentences rather than issuing full pardons.
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Presidential pardons are the other major weapon in Trump's arsenal to combat the pressure campaign by Mueller.
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President Donald Trump wakes up on Saturday mornings thinking about all the presidential pardons he could issue.
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Trump pardons Scooter Libby, and later Dinesh D'Souza, Dwight and Steven Hammond, and Jack Johnson, posthumously. 30.
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The decision came alongside Brown's Christmas Eve clemency acts, where he granted 143 pardons and 85033 commutations.
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But he has no power over state-level investigations, and presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes.
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One anonymous White House official told the newspaper that Trump was joking with the talk about pardons.
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All told, Trump can try his hand at more pardons, but the power is no magic wand.
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In June, he pardoned conservative author Dinesh D'Souza and talked about pardons for other prominent convicts. Sen.
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Origin story Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as the Lincoln administration.
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Trump probably doesn't see it that way because the pardons were issued in public, not in secret.
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" Rudy Giuliani: "The President is not going to issue any pardons in this investigation ... When it's over?
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Asking for pardons from NFL players to get them to stop kneeling in protest is particularly problematic.
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So far, at least, a cover-up using pardons is still too far for him to go.
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For all the reasons stated above, these pardons could end up putting Trump's presidency at serious risk.
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Trump's predecessor granted clemency to over 1,900 people, including issuing 212 pardons, according to Pew Research Center.
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That was the backdrop when Mr. Rivers went before the state's Clemency and Pardons Board in 2013.
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"I don't want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet," Mr. Trump told reporters on Dec.
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"When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons," Giuliani said.
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President Trump's consideration of pardons for several service members convicted or accused of war crimes is disturbing.
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Several states have taken it upon themselves to use pardons as a political tool, Ms. Das said.
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On Friday, Mr. Trump said he was considering other pardons drawn from a list of 3,000 names.
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Ms. Sanders likewise said that she had not spoken with the president about the possibility of pardons.
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Matt Bevin's (R) controversial pardons during his last weeks in office, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported Monday.
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That's the real lesson — a story of creeping authoritarianism — of today's commutations and pardons by President Trump.
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But in those cases, Bush and Clinton at least pretended to have principled reasons for the pardons.
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This should come as no surprise, when the culture minimizes sexual assault, disbelieves survivors and pardons perpetrators.
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Their hope is not senseless: Mr. Lee's father, Lee Kun-hee, twice received presidential pardons for wrongdoing.
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Pardons are by definition political decisions, and presidents of both parties have used them in unsavory ways.
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As governor, he issued three times as many pardons and commutations as the three preceding governors combined.
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These non-authoritarian Republicans likely have other misgivings about Trump that are reinforced by his recent pardons.
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But Scaramucci said the tweet is proof that Trump isn't thinking about pardons related to the investigation.
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The pardon office is set up to handle petitions for pardons, utilizing established procedures, standards and rules.
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And on Thursday, he defended one of these pardons by sharing intimate details about a child's anatomy.
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But presidents have occasionally granted pardons pre-emptively to individuals accused of or suspected of a crime.
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On Wednesday, Georgia's pardons and paroles board denied a final request for clemency made on his behalf.
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The other said that states should not offer pardons or amnesties in cases of serious rights violations.
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Why would Trump be exploring pardons for aides, family members and himself, as The Washington Post reported?
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No. The United States Constitution confers broad authority on the president to issue pardons in federal cases.
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump issued federal pardons to a pair of ranchers who became heroes among some conservatives and libertarians after setting fires on federal land, the latest idiosyncratic use of power by a president who seems easily swayed by famous people when it comes to issuing pardons.
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Which is why presidents usually wait until the end of their term to give out the controversial pardons.
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He said when the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons, Byron.
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Such pardons are granted to prisoners deemed reformed and rehabilitated, and found to be deserving of early release.
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And Trump is clearly sending a signal to people like Manafort that he's ready to give out pardons.
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Most of the commutations and pardons that Obama granted were signed off on in just the past year.
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And Obama never gave out the mass pardons and commutations to federal drug offenders that advocates hoped for.
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And we don&apost want it to be that we are just throwing around pardons because we can.
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Canada is also expected to announce a pathway for those convicted of cannabis possession to receive criminal pardons.
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As Business Insider previously reported, presidential pardons can only be applied to convictions handed down in federal courts.
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Conservatives who praised the pardons also agreed that Trump's move held a broader symbolism for the rural West.
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Against the objections of top Pentagon officials, Trump issued full pardons to two Army officers convicted of murder.
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Cory Booker (D-NJ) saying he would "absolutely" consider mass pardons or commutations for marijuana offenses, and Sen.
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Paul Begala, counsel to former President Bill Clinton, doubted a lawyer as experienced as Dowd would discuss pardons.
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Pardons can remove legal barriers to jobs and housing that prevent people from establishing a law-abiding life.
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When you try to identify political pardons, you run into the problem of how you define what's political.
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The special counsel's first move could lead to pardons or Mueller's firing, igniting a debate over executive authority.
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Other famous Clinton pardons include businessman Marc Rich, former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, and whitewater participant Susan McDougal.
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Trump, under pressure but also emboldened by the response to all this, is now dangling pardons for Manafort.
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Many Slovaks have seen the pardons as a symbol of Slovakia's slide away from democratic rule under Meciar.
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"Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that your pardons won't be enjoined by the 9th Circuit," Trump told the turkeys.
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The President did not use the Office of the Pardon Attorney for the pardons for Arpaio or Libby.
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But pardons, as a rule, do not prevent people from prosecution or punishment for violating state criminal laws.
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Governors traditionally use the holiday season as a thematic backdrop for pardons, and last month was no different.
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MORE each denied hundreds of clemency requests before issuing their first commutations and pardons, according to USA Today.
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Taken together, the two messages suggested pardons would be on the table if their potential recipients kept quiet.
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Pardons essentially forgive people who have been convicted of crimes, removing any remaining punishments and restoring their rights.
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Jay Inslee (D) announced on Friday a plan to expedite pardons for individuals convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession.
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Yes, the president has the power to issue pardons before an offender has been charged with a crime.
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We know that pardons aren't only ethically dubious; they hurt the U.S. military's ability to do its job.
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Third, pardons heighten the vulnerability of all Americans in the hands of adversaries to physical and psychological abuse.
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But he has seldom handed out pardons, which formally forgive prisoners for their crimes and restore certain rights.
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Schiff's committee is also examining whether the attorneys dangled possible pardons to witnesses to deter them from cooperating.
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One anonymous White House official reportedly told the newspaper that Trump was joking with the talk about pardons.
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There have already been hearings on the president's power to issue pardons and to declare states of emergency.
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The petition has since been revised and addressed to the state's Board of Pardons as well as Wolf.
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Sanders also said there have been no conversations at the White House about potential pardons for those charged.
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Given our system of checks and balances, the president's unencumbered ability to grant pardons is a constitutional anomaly.
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The pardon would be the latest in a string of high-profile pardons that the president has issued.
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President Obama granted 209 commutations and 64 pardons on Tuesday as one of his final acts as president.
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Trump met with Kim Kardashian in the Oval Office to discuss pardons and prison reform on May 228.
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The pardons Bush granted in the Iran-Contra case (notably to Casper Weinberger and Robert McFarlane) were disgraceful.
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Donald Trump's habit of granting deeply partisan pardons (Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby, Dinesh D'Souza) fall in that tradition.
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Many people are uncomfortable with Trump's pardons because recent presidents have avoided such blatant politicization of the power.
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But with Glasgow's help, she received paperwork from the Board of Pardons that cleared her way to vote.
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There has been "no discussion that I'm aware of" regarding pardons, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters.
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So, too, if the president offered pardons in order to corruptly obstruct justice, that would be a felony.
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But the former governor has welcomed an investigation, saying the pardons had nothing to do with political influence.
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The president broadly asserted his authority of the criminal justice system, attacking law enforcement officials and issuing pardons.
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"You were offering pardons because you didn't want me to run against you," Grimm said at Monday's debate.
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Each time, his criminal record was later erased in presidential pardons, and he soon returned to Samsung's leadership.
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The pardons were announced the same day Trump announced the commutation of the sentence of former Illinois Gov.
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This week, Trump issued seven pardons and four commutations, including a number of controversial and high-profile figures.
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The furor over the pardons lasted for months, as did a court challenge from the state's attorney general.
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Pardons that seemed politically motivated or gave the impression of corruption have generated public outcry in the past.
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Pardons like those of low-level drug offenders help to accomplish the enlightenment goal of ameliorating criminal law.
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The pardons by the governor could greatly affect whether the five will be deported, according to The Bee.
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Critics said the move was a sign that Trump could issue pardons to other figures, such as Flynn.
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Mr. Shumlin cited that law and his own support for legalizing marijuana as the basis for the pardons.
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Those who received the pardons ranged in age from 22 to 69, though most were younger than 40.
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Bush granted 12 pardons and two commutations during fiscal 2004 as he geared up for his reelection race.
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"The founders spoke about things like promising pardons to your friends to protect your own criminality," said Rosenzweig.
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At the White House, Trump, carrying on a lighthearted holiday tradition, "pardons" two turkeys, named Bread and Butter.
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How much do you know about turkey pardons, football and the dangers of deep-frying a gigantic bird?
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He ultimately pushed for more pardons than the one Bush handed out to former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger.
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Scarborough, a former GOP congressman, attacked the president following his pardons or commuted sentences for former Illinois Gov.
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The president on Tuesday doled out pardons and commutations to nearly a dozen individuals, including ex-Illinois Gov.
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" However, Sekulow told ABC News Friday that "pardons are not being discussed and are not on the table.
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The president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes, but no such authority in state cases.
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He has already issued a number of pardons, including for a political ally, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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What's the clause in there that forbids a president from using pardons to protect himself from an investigation?
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On whether a sitting president can pardon himself: The question of self-pardons is something I've never analyzed.
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She said the pardons undermined the separation of powers and would grant impunity to those guilty of graft.
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If Trump ultimately intends to fire Mueller, grant preemptive pardons to those who have not yet been charged or grant pardons to those who have already been charged, those actions will be triggered by the imminent fact that Trump will either soon testify before Mueller under oath or refuse to testify.
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Edmund Randolph proposed that a third exclusion from pardons join those for state crimes and impeachments: prosecutions for treason.
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In 1977, Jimmy Carter granted pardons to thousands of Americans who had evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.
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US presidents have long granted pardons or commutations to political allies or in cases taken up by their supporters.
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Presidential pardons are frequently issued in the twilight hours of an administration, when outgoing presidents face fewer political risks.
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In the following two decades, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Paroles voted three times to lessen his sentence.
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The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said even before these latest pardons, that he&aposs off pattern.
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The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole announced on Monday that Barzee would be given another parole hearing in 2023.
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"When the time comes, I'll remember the arrangement, and you cops can take your pardons," he said in Tagalog.
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Andrew Cuomo to issue conditional pardons to more than 24,000 parolees means Bell can vote in the upcoming election.
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But on Monday Ivanov bowed to the European Union, the United States and opposition demands and revoked his pardons.
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As a result of Thursday's parliamentary vote, the president will now be able to revoke pardons within 30 days.
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NATO and the European Union, which Macedonia aspires to join, have already warned the country to revoke the pardons.
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President Trump issued pardons for ex-media mogul Conrad Black and former California politician Patrick Nolan on Wednesday evening.
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Baseball star Willie McCovey was among one of the 273 commutations and pardons issued by President Obama on Tuesday.
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Most pardons are granted following a recommendation and rigorous scrutiny from a special office in the Department of Justice.
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CTV reported that pardons will be granted to those with possession charges for 30 grams of marijuana or less.
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Judges are likely to defer to the broad scope of the pardon power, even if the president pardons himself.
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The White House on Friday would not rule out the possibility that Trump would issue pardons in the investigation.
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Together, they almost look like the wattles of the two turkeys she pardons in grand, ridiculous, Thanksgiving presidential tradition.
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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, for the record, suggested there is no message being sent in Trump's pardons.
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He can dangle pardons in front of potential cooperating witnesses so long as he doesn't make it too explicit.
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Such pardons have been used by presidents including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
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Clearly, the problem of prison overcrowding and systemic biases against African Americans cannot be solved by presidential pardons alone.
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Earlier this year, Inslee granted official pardons to thousands of Washington residents convicted of low-level possession charges. Rep.
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Issuing mass pardons may not be as politically feasible in some states as it is in California and Virginia.
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Trump's implicit offer of pardons to erstwhile co-conspirators could bolster an obstruction-of-justice case against the president.
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The president has issued a series of high-profile pardons in recent weeks, and suggested that more were imminent.
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He issues pardons with the obvious intent of inducing suspects and defendants to not cooperate with the special counsel.
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But, as yet, those pardons — which will be granted only if people apply — have not come with an apology.
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Cohen also said that he believed his conversations with Sekulow about pardons were done with Trump's knowledge and authority.
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A pair of Democratic presidential candidates seized on the Post's story to hammer Trump over reportedly dangling pardons. Sen.
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Further, many scholars believe Donald Trump's use of pardons to squelch criminal investigations could itself be obstruction of justice.
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Jerry Brown granted Barajas and two other veterans full pardons for crimes they committed before being deported to Mexico.
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When the new president's team takes office, there's really not much it can do about any appointments, pardons, etc.
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Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for Trump, has previously said the president is unlikely to issue pardons during ongoing investigations.
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Cuomo asked Giuliani whether the president is sending a message with his recent pardons, as some critics have warned.
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They can either grant pardons, which expunge the conviction entirely, or commutations, which lessen the length of the sentence.
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The bottom line is that the only significant barriers to self-pardons are politics (impeachment) and federalism (state powers).
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Florida legislators passed resolutions in 2017 apologizing to the families of the four men and recommended their posthumous pardons.
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The president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes, but has no such authority in state cases.
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Jerry Brown issued year-end Christmas-time pardons to two Cambodian immigrants facing deportation for committing crimes in California.
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But a handful of pardons will not address the sort of systemic injustice that N.F.L. players have been protesting.
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That showed him the transactional benefit of Presidential pardons and commutations, and how they might be used going forward.
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Advocates who want to see the pardon system overhauled generally support its guidelines for granting pardons and commuting sentences.
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Most presidents wait for the waning days of their administrations to issue high-profile pardons of associates and supporters.
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Several years after that, I was invited to testify at a Senate hearing considering pardons for our draft crimes.
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Behind bars, they appealed to President Barack Obama for pardons, and last January he granted one to Mr. Montes.
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He could have his political opponents arrested or he could promise pardons to supporters who physically intimidated Democratic voters.
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Military leaders opposed that action as well as Mr. Trump's pardons of two soldiers involved in other murder cases.
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"I think if the president pardons people who we are talking about, it is an element of obstruction," Rep.
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In the weeks leading up to Flynn's indictment, Trump said "we'll see what happens" when asked about potential pardons.
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Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all issued pardons within days or weeks of leaving office.
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As a practical matter, those seeking pardons hope it will erase or ease the stigma of a criminal conviction.
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But, echoing Mr. Begala, he said the concern was the message it sent to others who might receive pardons.
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Memos going to the president sometimes highlighted how many of the applicants seeking pardons or commutations were from Arkansas.
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The fact that the Justice Department opposed the Gregory pardons was reported in 2001 by The New York Times.
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But read another way, it says that the President can issue pardons for criminal offenses but not for impeachment.
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While some may disagree with those presidential actions, no one should question President Obama's authority to grant the pardons.
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The pardons, rather than showing clemency, reveal a president looking for high-profile actions which will bolster his base.
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Sisi has issued pardons several times a year, including on major national holidays, often releasing students and young protesters.
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Chuck, Kentucky: If the President issues any pardons, do they have to go through any type of administrative vetting?
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The president has issued pardons for various people during his administration, most recently the late heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson.
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Bevin's pardons show what is a shocking lack of judgment and potentially an abuse of our system of justice.
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I don't want to talk about pardons now but I can say, it's so sad on so many levels.
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Today's news reports suggesting that Trump is seeking information about how presidential pardons work are alarming but not surprising.
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Both have since died, but for years, their families have insisted on their innocence and fought for their pardons.
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Blagojevich repeatedly thanked and praised the president, who commuted six other sentences and offered four full pardons on Tuesday.
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The question of presidential pardons now hovers over the criminal cases of two former Trump aides who face imprisonment.
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" When asked whether a president can pardon himself, he noted, "The question of self-pardons is something I've never analyzed.
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On the other hand, there&aposs a lot of Trump pardons that don&apost fit into the - - into the matrix.
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The president has used his unilateral authority to issue pardons and clemency in an unusual fashion for a modern president.
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Under current law, offenders are only allowed to apply for pardons five years after they have finished serving their sentences.
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Read on for a look at what presidential pardons are, and why the president has the authority to issue them.
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The pardons might go some way towards allaying fears that Tshisekedi is to some extent a front for Kabila's interests.
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"Early in his administration, Governor Walker made the decision not to issue pardons," Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick Patrick told TwinCities.com.
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But he remained selective with his pardons, even as, with the advent of social media, the number of convictions rose.
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The warden handed out the pardons and told the men that they were free to go, wishing them good luck.
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Lee Kun-hee, remember, has been separately convicted of tax evasion and bribery, receiving two presidential pardons for his troubles.
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I mean, you know, you can -- Obama and Bush had hundreds of pardons when you look back at the list.
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Taft outlined a hypothetical scenario in which a president granted successive pardons to prevent a court from enforcing its orders.
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Pardongate: On Bill Clinton's last day in office in January 2001, he issued 140 pardons as well as several commutations.
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Obama's decision came in a batch of 209 commutations and 64 pardons announced with four days left in his term.
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Trump could issue executive orders that make it tougher for felons to get jobs and or nullify President Obama's pardons.
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Update: The White House has responded to petitions urging President Obama to issue pardons for Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey.
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"We urge you to exercise your Constitutional authority to provide pardons to DREAMers both retroactively and prospectively," read the letter.
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Asked at his Senate confirmation hearing if Trump could pardon himself, Kavanaugh said he had never looked at self-pardons.
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There's a strong case that this is not a mere by-product of Trump's pardons, but a goal of them.
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Their release was conditional on the series of commutations and pardons (the Department of Justice) spoke to at the time.
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Women's rights advocates welcomed the move but said Pakistan should change the law to ban such pardons in all cases.
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The president could theoretically fire Mueller, shut down the investigation, and issue pardons to anyone under the special counsel's scrutiny.
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The pardons gave Cuomo a chance to cast himself as a leading figure in the Democratic resistance to President Trump.
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Hours later, Rudy Giuliani told reporters that the president wouldn't be issuing any pardons until the investigation had wrapped up.
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If he has the power of granting pardons before indictment, or conviction, may he not stop inquiry and prevent detection?
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In reflection of the seriousness of issuing pardons, the Justice Department uses an elaborate vetting process that reviews all applicants.
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The two men embraced their wives, took some selfies and entered a waiting car, holding the pardons signed by Obama.
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However, the general DOJ policy is to not accept applications for posthumous pardons for federal convictions, according to its website .
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Khamenei has the final say on all state matters and issues pardons or reduces sentences of prisoners on special occasions.
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"When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons," Giuliani told the Daily News.
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It is not difficult to imagine President Trump waiting until after the 2020 election to issue unwarranted and nepotistic pardons.
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"When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons," Giuliani told the Daily News.
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The alleged victim maintained on Friday that she was not a liar and opposed the pardons before they were granted.
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In peace negotiations, Mr. Calderón Sol sought pardons for two military officers convicted of murdering six Jesuit priests in 1989.
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Despite suggestions at the Constitutional Convention that Congress should share in the determination of pardons, the proposal did not fly.
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Far from shutting down the Russia controversy, pardons could begin a new contentious chapter that could end the Trump presidency.
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Gidley said he did not know whether any lawyers for Trump's associates had approached the White House counsel about pardons.
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It is unclear whether Mr. Dowd discussed the pardons with Mr. Trump before bringing them up with the other lawyers.
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The New York Legislature moved to close a loophole on pardons that Democrats said could be exploited by President Trump.
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Above all, he is pursued by a scandal involving his aids selling presidential pardons to hundreds of jailed drug traffickers.
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" Asked if Trump knew about the discussions about pardons, Cohen said, "virtually all my conversations were referred back to [Trump].
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" Mr. Grimm disagreed: "You were offering pardons because you didn't want me to run against you; you offered to help.
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However, the governor said people with records of committing violent crimes won't be able to receive pardons for weed possession.
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It asks the people who grant pardons and clemency to correct their colleagues, the prosecutors who put people in prison.
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In addition to the pardons and commutations above, Trump also gave clemency to a disgraced former Republican lobbyist, David Safavian.
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In recent weeks, Mr. Schneiderman had sought to exempt New York's double-jeopardy law from cases that involved presidential pardons.
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In addition to his pardons, Mr. Trump in 103 signed the First Step Act providing sentencing relief for many criminals.
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His final flurry of pardons and sentence reductions amounted to a remarkable act of reprieve, both in volume and nature.
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Cohen said Trump and his legal team dangled pardons because they wanted to keep people in the joint defense agreement.
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As president, Trump has broad powers to issue pardons and he had said Arpaio was convicted for "doing his job".
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But Trump did grant full pardons and commutations to other figures, the White House revealed in a statement later Tuesday.
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It is another thing when a president pardons a person for helping to cover up his own actions in office.
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Sanders, who prosecuted the case originally, said his office will investigate the pardons in his county including the Schoettle case.
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Matt Bevin issued in his last days in office -- pardons that drew criticism partly over accusations that some were political.
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Cohen also testified to Congress that he spoke directly to Sekulow about pardons, according to the sources, which Sekulow denies.
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On air and on Twitter, Hegseth had been among the most vocal advocates of presidential pardons for the three men;
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But in a 3-2 vote, the members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles ultimately rejected the clemency bid.
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President Trump, however, could undercut this possibility by granting pardons to the targets of Mueller's investigation if they are convicted.
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Unfortunately, given these recent pardons, we are concerned that the lines separating lawful and unlawful battlefield conduct have now blurred.
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Critics of Trump&aposs pardons, including his own military advisers, soon found themselves being targeted by the president&aposs ire.
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And while pardons have not (yet) been issued for any of these men, much of the damage is already done.
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In April, the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to McAleenan requesting information from the administration about reports of pardons.
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Trump has previously acknowledged that pardons would be controversial but said they were justified because they had been treated "unfairly".
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"This is the first time that someone is presenting a case to the court directly related to pardons," he said.
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The president, among other duties, has the ability to call elections, break ties in Parliament and issue death-row pardons.
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And he has granted pardons to Joe Arpaio and Matthew Golsteyn after their causes were featured prominently in conservative media.
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After this review, Obama granted pardons or commutations to more than 1,900 people — the most of any president in decades.
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In 2016, the country was gripped by monthslong protests over a corruption scandal involving suspect pardons and favors for loyalists.
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JB Pritzker (D) granted 2628,28503 pardons for misdemeanor cannabis-related convictions as part of the law, which takes effect Wednesday.
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Since Mr. Trump's pardon power extends only to federal crimes, the ruling leaves people he pardons subject to state prosecutions.
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Trump said many of the 3,000 people he was considering for pardons were treated unfairly or given unfairly long sentences.
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Pardons and spies: New twists in the Russia probe The Times report potentially deepens the President's exposure to Mueller's investigation because it raises the issue of whether his lawyer, John Dowd, who recently resigned and who denied the report, was offering potential pardons to sway the two men against cooperating with the special counsel.
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Jenks is an expert in the law of armed conflict who wrote about possible Trump pardons for the Just Security blog.
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The power to grant pardons and commutations is written into the US constitution as one of the president's clearest unilateral prerogatives.
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Eric Greitens has granted five pardons and commuted four criminal sentences on his final day in office before his planned resignation.
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The possibility of presidential pardons in this process concerns me and also would be, I think, a really, really bad move.
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Yet none of them involved pardons to short-circuit a major scandal in the current administration that was still being investigated.
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I would love to see people like Alice Johnson or people in her position receive pardons or commutations of their sentence.
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According to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, felons automatically get their voting rights back after completing their sentences.
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Most people who are granted pardons or other types of executive clemency have already been sentenced and spent time in jail.
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And the list is long of South Korean chaebol chairmen who've received pardons, including the heads of Hyundai, SK, and Hanwha.
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Presidents usually step up the pace of pardons and commutations in their final months in office, as the chart above shows.
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And Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow and the White House lawyer dealing with Mueller's office, Ty Cobb, deny pardons were ever discussed.
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U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Yee said the pardons had damaged the rule of law and the country's credibility.
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Since he took office, Trump has received more than 500 requests for pardons and more than 2,000 for commutation of sentences.
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" Another source told BuzzFeed News that "no one on the outside legal team has had discussions or done research on pardons.
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But incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said on Sunday that he had discussed pardons with both Sekulow and Trump.
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A New York case could surface if Trump decided to pardon Manafort, since such pardons do not apply to state charges.
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He asked Ben-Zvi "to exercise your right to grant pardons, and order that the death penalty not be carried out".
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In December, Mr Obama issued two pardons and reduced the sentences of 95 more inmates, bringing his total to nearly 200.
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"Senator, I'm not going to answer hypothetical questions of that sort," he said in response to one question about pardons. Sen.
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Who Trump pardons has oftentimes come as a jolt to his own staff, and on some occasions, the person being pardoned.
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He has also, of late, floated the idea of offering pardons to television personality Martha Stewart and former Democratic Illinois Gov.
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All of this makes D'Souza a fitting choice for a president who has so far used pardons to grant political favors.
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In June, after pardoning conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza, The Hill reported that Trump was considering half a dozen additional potential pardons.
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The Constitution vests the president with the power "to grant reprieves and pardons"; "to grant" means to give someone else something.
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" The possibility that the president is considering pardons at this early stage in these ongoing investigations is extremely disturbing," he said.
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But these are mostly local and state crimes, and Trump's powers to grant pardons and commutations applies only to federal laws.
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Last year, Ms. Shearer went to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles with the hope of gaining a full pardon.
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"The possibility that the President is considering pardons at this early stage in these ongoing investigations is extremely disturbing," he added.
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The question of whether or not either of these assertions is true, however, is immaterial to the president's arguments about pardons.
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But most of those pardons have gone for people sentenced for nonviolent drug crimes, not those sentenced for leaking intelligence information.
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I respectfully disagree, and I warn that, if Trump issues pardons, he could destroy his party and would doom his presidency.
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I mean, what was happening in Tennessee at that time was, as you know, the governor was selling pardons for cash.
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Jerry Brown continued his Christmas tradition of dispensing second chances to convicted felons, issuing 143 pardons and 131 commutations on Monday.
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Some Trump scandals will require years to unpack, but with the pardons, the dirty laundry is already up on the line.
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But individuals close to Trump on Sunday emphasized that pardons are not on the table because they don't need to be.
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The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump's lawyers are looking into the president's authority to grant pardons related to the investigation.
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Ultimately, it should not mean that occupants of the Oval Office in their second term get to issue pardons with impunity.
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Andrew Cuomo to close a loophole so his office could prosecute Trump's aides for federal crimes if the president pardons them.
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These include serving on the commission that recommended prisoners for presidential pardons during García's second presidential term, from 2006 to 2011.
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As recently as a couple years ago, Obama was regarded as rather stingy when it came to issuing pardons and commutations.
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Trump has offered pardons to several others, especially to those convicted of public corruption crimes, and tweeted his support of Manafort.
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President Trump cannot use a pardon to rescue Mr. Weisselberg from state prosecution; presidential pardons do not affect state criminal liability.
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Instead, we need a constitutional amendment that would require that all pardons be co-signed by the speaker of the House.
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Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi responded that the legal appeals process would have to conclude before any chance of presidential pardons.
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And this summer Mr. Cuomo was criticized after some of the people who received conditional pardons were arrested for new crimes.
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Yesterday: The New York State Assembly closed a loophole that lawmakers said could be used by Mr. Trump to issue pardons.
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U.S.: President Trump has indicated that he is considering pardons for several American military members accused or convicted of war crimes.
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They say that Mr. Giuliani himself had told those involved at the time that the president was unwilling to discuss pardons.
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By contrast, Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton issued no pardons or commutations in their first two years of office.
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An unnamed White House official told the newspaper that the President is merely joking when he makes such statements about pardons.
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Lawyers for the president urged him to delay considering pardons for Paul Manafort and others until after the special counsel investigation.
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Mr. Obama has created a national monument in Maine, and on Monday he issued a new round of pardons and commutations.
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Editorial The Constitution gives presidents nearly unlimited authority to grant pardons and commute sentences — decisions that no future administration can reverse.
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One of the most intriguing passages was James Wilson's response to Edmund Randolph's suggestion to bar presidential pardons in treason cases.
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Three of the men — Danial J. Williams, Joseph Dick Jr. and Derek Tice — were granted conditional pardons in 2009 by Gov.
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Chairman Lee has his own sordid history of convictions and pardons (yes, plural) as head of South Korea's most famous chaebol.
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Here are other governors whose pardons have prompted protests: Haley Barbour, Mississippi On his last day as governor in 2012, Gov.
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Among the 1123 full pardons Mr. Barbour issued over two terms, many went to people who had already completed their sentences.
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Pardon of a reckless homicide conviction has received particular scrutiny Bevin has denied accusations that some of the pardons were political.
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"Trump's loyalty is limited, witnesses can still be compelled to testify, and the pardons apply only to federal crimes," he added.
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Presidential pardons The administration has also applied double standards when it comes to recognizing some world leaders while declaring others illegitimate.
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I asked Porch what the consequences might be of Trump's war crimes pardons of former Army First Lt. Michael Behenna, Maj.
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Trump outside counsel John Dowd told my Reuters colleague Karen Freifeld that the Post's "stuff on pardons is nonsense," Dowd said.
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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended clemency in a unanimous decision on Tuesday based largely on the father's request.
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Reelection would guarantee his presidential powers, including the ability to grant pardons to those who know things he'd rather keep secret.
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The President said he didn't "want to talk about pardons now," but added the investigation was "sad on so many levels."
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Fujimori's doctor, Alejandro Aguinaga, said Friday that Kuczynski's committee for presidential pardons has not received any new information about Fujimori's health.
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President Trump says that while he's been "very active" in overturning Obama-era policies, revoking turkey pardons won't be among them.
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But when it comes to the other type of executive clemency — pardons — Mr. Obama hasn't been an improvement over his predecessors.
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Additional Reading: News Analysis: Trump Versus Law Enforcement: A Confrontation With No Precedent How Far Can Trump Go in Issuing Pardons?
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Jerry Brown granted pardons to three people who served in the U.S. military but were deported to Mexico after serving time.
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And the governor sparked additional controversy when he included several immigrants facing potential deportation in a recent round of gubernatorial pardons.
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In general, the president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes, but has no such authority in state cases.
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Today, around 49,000 men who were similarly convicted before the 1967 decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK remain without such pardons.
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He said he would "absolutely" consider issuing mass commutations and pardons for federal marijuana offenses and touted his baby bonds proposal.
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Those optics mean it might make political sense for Trump to hold off on pardons, as Vox's Andrew Prokop explains here.
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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'RourkeBeto O'RourkeBiden lead over 2020 field widest since April: poll O'Rourke eyes stronger enforcement of Emoluments Clause, limits to pardons Poll: Biden holds 10-point lead nationally over Warren MORE is eyeing reforms to strengthen enforcement of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution and prevent presidents from using pardons to protect themselves.
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The benefits of such a power, Hamilton believed, outweighed the possibilities that a future president might use pardons to corruptly benefit himself.
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" The president said Friday that he is considering as many as 3,000 pardons and that the pardoning power is "a beautiful thing.
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While the president has the constitutional power to pardon federal crimes -- "offenses against the United States" -- he cannot issue pardons for impeachment.
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To the extent it was an attempt at a "warmup" act for Russia-related pardons, it will largely have the opposite effect.
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More people apply for commutations while they're in prison than apply for pardons after they've been released, especially since the Clinton administration.
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" When asked about the possibility of pardons at the White House, Trump simply responded: "I don&apost want to talk about that.
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In audio of the hearings released by the Utah Boards of Parole and Pardons, he admitted to a history of manipulating women.
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The State Board of Pardons and Paroles met to consider clemency for Wilson on Wednesday but ultimately denied his request, officials said.
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The pardons, which left many Slovaks feeling a state-sponsored crime went unpunished, highlighted the country's slide from democratic rule under Meciar.
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The other is Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa Country and recipient of one of Mr Trump's most shameful presidential pardons.
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While the President has the constitutional power to pardon federal crimes -- "offenses against the United States" -- he cannot issue pardons for impeachment.
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Mr Lee's father, for instance, twice received presidential pardons, after convictions for bribery in 1996, and embezzlement and tax evasion in 83.
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"If he pardons Flynn or Manafort because he's a 68-year-old man facing 300 years in prison, that's fine," Begala said.
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And President Obama will keep that spirit alive when he pardons his last turkeys at 2:45pm ET/11:45am PT today.
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Watergate: Nixon also dangled presidential pardons to keep witnesses from fully testifying, which he admitted was improper in a conversation with Dean.
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One Monday in December 2015, Byrd heard rumors that President Obama was scheduled to announce a round of pardons, commutations, and clemencies.
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He has publicly advocated for their causes, and on Saturday, after The Times reported Trump was considering pardons, Hegseth expressed his support.
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"We have not, and continue to not have, conversations with the president of the United States regarding pardons," Sekulow told George Stephanopoulos.
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One of those pardons was granted to his own brother, who had served a one-year jail sentence on a drug conviction.
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" "And, George, as you know, the President you worked for and just about every modern president ends up with some controversial pardons.
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The pardons were amongst the most controversial in American history and dramatically pushed the boundaries of the appropriate use of executive authority.
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Washington (CNN)Former US Attorney Preet Bharara said President Donald Trump's political allies are clearly receiving a message from his presidential pardons.
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The problem isn't that Trump is using pardons to benefit his political allies, but that he's using them largely to benefit himself.
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While the president could spare Manafort from his federal charges, he does not have the authority to issue pardons in state cases.
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From Libby to D'Souza to Arpaio, each of Trump's pardons has sparked an outcry from prosecutors, legislators and much of the public.
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"Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that your pardons won't be enjoined by the 9th Circuit," Trump said to laughter in the White House.
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At a White House event earlier Tuesday, the president joked that the Ninth Circuit may attempt to overturn this year's turkey pardons.
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President Trump today will spare a pair of birds from being the stars of holiday meals, with his first Thanksgiving turkey pardons.
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The regulation would also direct immigration judges to ignore pardons granted by state officials with the intent of simplifying applicants' immigration claims.
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But with almost 200,000 New Yorkers in prison, probation, or parole, issuing fewer than two dozen pardons is hardly a courageous act.
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His pardons of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and conservative polemicist Dinesh D'Souza were criticized as pure partisan plays to please his base.
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Trump granted five pardons for people with whom he didn't appear to have a direct connection, unlike many of his other clemencies.
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"We have been discussing the issue of pardons the president may offer to people or dangle in front of people," Schiff said.
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The president, who had issued five pardons and one commutation before Wednesday's show of mercy, was lobbied by celebrity Kim Kardashian West.
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Under the constitution of the Southern African nation, Mugabe, who routinely pardons prisoners, is required to consult his cabinet on all amnesties.
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Cuomo argued that most presidents wait until the end of their terms to issue pardons and usually do them in large quantities.
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"Overall, I think active-duty service members probably feel confused by the pardons," Adrian Bonenberger, a writer and Army veteran, told Insider.
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On Tuesday, he issued more pardons, this time for two Oregon ranchers who had been serving sentences for arson on federal land.
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The pardons will shave some time off the Hammonds' sentences — Dwight Hammond has served three years and Steven Hammond has served four.
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Discussions about pardons could also serve as additional circumstantial evidence of the intent with which the president acted in taking other steps.
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Could Trump kneecap Mueller by pardoning Manafort, signaling that he's willing to hand out pardons to anyone wrapped up in the investigation?
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The pardons might render some people not deportable at all, Ms. Das said, and allow others to apply for relief from deportation.
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Mr. Cohen's assertion about pardons was not the only prominent mention of Mr. Sekulow in his hours of testimony before the committee.
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Mr. Trump is increasingly using pardons as a tool that allows him to push back against a justice system he calls unfair.
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The litany of absurd past pardons (Sheriff Joe Arpaio, etc.) along with Mr. D'Souza's and others being contemplated (such as former Gov.
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Trump pardons President Trump granted clemency to 383 white-collar criminals yesterday in an extraordinary flex of his post-impeachment presidential power.
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The truth of the matter is that Trump's latest batch of pardons and commutations were not about his sympathy for nonviolent offenders.
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Those charges might trigger one or both of two things: Mueller being fired, and some or all of these defendants receiving pardons.
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" He added that the pardons would be popular among the gathered news media because "after all, turkeys are closely related to vultures.
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There are tales of woe, joy, pleas for pardons or help with medical bills, a teenager's report card — all sorts of writings.
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"We've seen the president dangle pardons publicly really through much of the course of the investigation," Schiff told The Hill and CNN.
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This includes taking steps to provide additional resources to the Pardons Office, expediting the commutations process and eliminating bureaucratic barriers to relief.
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Throughout his tenure, Trump has flexed his Constitutional power with 18 presidential pardons and six commuted sentences, significantly less than his predecessor.
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Our reporting shows that Mr. Trump's pardons and commutations were driven by friendship, fame, personal empathy and a shared sense of persecution.
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He has issued only two pardons and commuted only one sentence in nearly 15 months in office, according to the Justice Department.
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) has asked the FBI to look into a series of pardons doled out by former Gov.
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However, the records released this week show that all three signed a memo to Clinton, urging him to "favorably consider" the pardons.
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Three days later, after Adams' memo was signed, White House lawyers sent a memo to Clinton saying he should grant the pardons.
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The probe also looked into the possibility that pardons for some Hasidic Jews were linked to donations to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign.
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Mueller had spoken to Gates about Manafort's assertions during the investigation of whether Trump dangled pardons as a way to block Mueller.
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Tuesday's pardons and commutations help normalize what is surely coming to his long-suffering loyalists after the 2020 election, if not sooner.
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On Tuesday, the president granted pardons and commutations of sentences to 11 people, including junk bond king Michael Milken, ex-Illinois Gov.
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On Tuesday, he handed out 11 pardons and commutations, including a handful of political allies and high-profile officials convicted of corruption.
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The ruling came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to grant Reed a 120-day reprieve.
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Critics also have raised concerns over some of the pardons and commutations for people convicted of violent offenses, including murder and rape.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a measure Wednesday permitting New York state to press charges against those who have received presidential pardons.
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Manning's grant came in a batch of 209 commutations and 64 pardons, which were announced with four days left in Obama's presidency.
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He read from a script that responded to bipartisan criticism by recounting controversial pardons granted by presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
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He is scheduled to be sworn in on Thursday and has said that he supports the pardons, according to local news reports.
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We must ensure that if any president issues such pardons, we can use NY's laws to bring such individuals to justice. pic.twitter.
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Despite the presidential airing of grievances, people who regularly speak with Trump say the looming impeachment proceedings have dominated conversations — not pardons.
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President Barack Obama granted five pardons and one commutation in fiscal year 2012, according to clemency data compiled by the Justice Department.
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President Trump reportedly has ignored this process thus far, granting pardons without input from DOJ or the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
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Matt Bevin (R) used his final days in office to issue hundreds of pardons, including people convicted of sexual assault and murder.
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The Constitution only grants the president the power to grant pardons "for offenses against the United States," in other words, federal offenses.
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And some presidents — like Mr. Obama — have waited until the end of their presidencies before issuing pardons and making grants of commutation.
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"The Constitution allows the president to grant special pardons," Bao Tong, a former official and friend of Mr. Liu's, said by telephone.
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His pardons of political allies, like former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza, tell a similar story.
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Pardons, in short, would interfere in prosecution instigated by the military, which is an extremely unusual thing for the president to do.
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"When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons," Giuliani told The New York Daily News.
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Hundreds of miles west, four remaining antigovernment protesters occupying a wildlife refuge in Oregon demanded pardons for themselves and 26 associates in custody.
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And Mr. Clinton tarnished his final days in office with a spate of pardons granted to figures like Marc Rich, the fugitive financier.
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White House Counsel Neil Eggleston said Monday that he expects Obama will issue even more grants of commutations and pardons before leaving office.
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Trump is also said to be considering pardons for the ultra-corrupt former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich , and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart .
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Government spokesman Phay Siphan said that the recent pardons were a "humanitarian" act by Hun Sen and not a response to international criticism.
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White supremacists know they have an ally in the White House and now it's an ally who pardons racist sheriffs like Joe Arpaio.
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President Bush started this practice in reaction to the controversial way President Clinton had used pardons at the very end of his presidency.
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But the pardon attorney under Obama until 22015, a Bush appointee named Ronald Rodgers, recommended very few pardons for approval to begin with.
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Yeah, Abe authored the Gettysburg Address—but he also wrote plenty beyond his speeches, including personal letters, pardons, and orders for war supplies.
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"I say there's nothing to that," Giuliani said, adding that he's had no discussions with Trump about sending any messages with his pardons.
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The big picture: Kushner arranged the meeting as a follow-up to President Trump's invitation for people to suggest prisoners worthy of pardons.
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"Under the Constitution, the President has broad authority to issue pardons," a Republican House Judiciary Committee aide told BuzzFeed News in an email.
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Last year the country granted pardons to two people sentenced to death; one man was exonerated of murder after 43 years in prison.
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Trump pardons "Drumstick" the turkey at the National Thanksgiving Turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House on Nov. 43.
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A few years after the Bush pardons, Walsh wrote a book about his investigations called Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up.
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Kaine granted Williams, Dick and Tice conditional pardons in 2009, which kept their wrongful convictions in place, and they were freed from prison.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions would not answer questions about the presidential power to issue pardons today while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Also on Sunday morning, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow told ABC's This Week that there were no conversations in the White House about pardons.
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Bergdahl had sought a pardon from former President Obama prior to his leaving office but was not among Obama's final batch of pardons.
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For instance, did his praise of witnesses who don't "flip" encourage Paul Manafort or Roger Stone to hold out in hopes of pardons?
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"The possibility of presidential pardons in this process concerns me and also would be, I think, a really, really bad move," he added.
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Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, told CNN Thursday that a GOP colleague had told him to expect more signaling pardons from the White House.
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Since common law permitted pardons at certain stages in the impeachment process, the Framers had to be clear that our Constitution did not.
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The Justice Department eventually tasked future FBI Director James Comey to investigate Clinton's pardons for wrongdoing, though he declined to bring criminal charges.
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Discrediting his opponents Many of the recipients of Trump's recent pardons have something in common: The people who oversaw their investigations and prosecutions.
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Trump warned the two turkeys, named Peas and Carrots, that while they were receiving presidential pardons, a federal court could always block them.
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The official said that often people will bring up potential pardons to the President's attention and then he'll start floating the idea internally.
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They sit and wait, just like she does, for pardons or clemency or the fruition of some feminist awakening that will save them.
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Andrew Cuomo to close a loophole that could let recipients of pardons for federal crimes from President Donald Trump avoid state criminal charges.
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"We have been discussing the issue of pardons that the President may offer to people or dangle in front of people," Schiff said.
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Pardons for these two unsavory characters, however, are more likely to turn off Independent voters than further energize an already energized Republican base.
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In issuing those pardons, Trump bypassed the formal process, which includes FBI background checks and recommendations from prosecutors that the cases be pardoned.
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In fact, pardons will backfire since a pardoned suspect can no longer avoid testifying by asserting the 5th Amendment's protection against self-incrimination.
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The reasons for presidential pardons and commutations over the years have almost always been political and/or meant to send a grand message.
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Cohen said that he was initially willing to continue the conversations about pardons in order to end his involvement in the Russia investigations.
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Trump also has attempted to use his pardon power to affect future testimony in the Mueller investigation by discussing potential pardons with witnesses.
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This is why it is so revealing and important that the Times reported that other witnesses have been question by Mueller about pardons.
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Talk of presidential pardons reverberated on this week's Sunday shows following President Trump's tweet saying he "has the complete power" to forgive offenses.
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He added that pardons got a bad name because of former President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, whom Giuliani prosecuted for tax evasion.
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Federal courts can ensure pardons do not run afoul of other constitutional duties such as the promise of equal protection of the laws.
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A White House official told the WashPost last week that Trump is "obsessed" with pardons — the president's new "favorite thing" to talk about.
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Trump told reporters on Friday that "there will be more pardons," before revealing his consideration of Ali as a potential candidate for clemency.
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Unlike recent presidents, President Trump has avoided the Department of Justice's mechanism for vetting pardons and has explicitly injected politics into the process.
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The pardons drew immediate criticism from environmental groups and their allies, who said they would imperil the rule of law on public lands.
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Read more " _____ Ryan Cooper in The Week: "So what happens if Trump fires Mueller and issues blanket pardons to all of his associates?
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Then came news that the president may mark this Memorial Day with pardons for outlaws in a category all their own — war criminals.
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The men, who both served their whole sentences and who Mr. Newsom said had rehabilitated their lives, were among the governor's first pardons.
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Slate on Friday also noted an interview Barr gave in 2001, where Barr says he "certainly did not oppose" any of the pardons.
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The transcripts were not the first time there have been assertions either directly from Mr. Cohen or from news reports about possible pardons.
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One is political: Voters can punish presidents seeking re-election for pardons thought to be an abuse of power, as Mr. Ford learned.
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Mr. Torra has demanded a general amnesty for the sentenced leaders, and Mr. Sánchez could use his executive powers to grant individual pardons.
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Trump pardons: The U.S. president granted clemency to 11 controversial figures who had been convicted of charges that included fraud, corruption and lying.
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Go deeper: Trump pardons armed services member accused of war crimes Where U.S. troops and military assets are deployed in the Middle East
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An article on Tuesday about pardons issued by President Obama erroneously attributed a distinction to his use of clemency during his two terms.
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But this year, authorities refused to release former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaya Purnama (Ahok), along with 2202,2628 others who had been granted pardons.
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Robert Stivers, GOP president of the State Senate, also asked the U.S. Attorney's Office to examine the pardons late Friday, per the Times.
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Sixth, congressional Republicans may face the ultimate political nightmare if President Trump fires Mueller or issues preemptive pardons to associates suspected of crimes.
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"These pardons close the final chapter on a grave injustice that has plagued these four men for nearly 20 years," Mr. Coy said.
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That is the central lesson of "Before the Fall" and the other recent 1930s shows: There are no individual pardons for collective guilt.
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So you get advice from people that aren't as beholden to what was or what the sentences were when you're looking at pardons.
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Those pardons began in earnest on January 103, when Illinois governor JB Pritzker announced more than 11,000 records would be cleared to start.
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The Constitution leaves the pardon power to the discretion of presidents, and the history of such pardons has been neither pristine nor inviolate.
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The elder Mr. Lee has been convicted twice of bribery and tax evasion, but presidential pardons have saved him from time in prison.
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But Trump has done something different: He has encouraged people to break the law (or impede investigations) with a promise of future pardons.
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His use of pardons, his rampant violation of campaign finance laws, even his day-to-day conduct could all be constituted as impeachable.
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To the extent it was an attempt at a "warm-up" act for Russia-related pardons, it will largely have the opposite effect.
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To take an extreme example: If the president tweeted, "Pardons for sale, $25,000 each, cash only!" that would have to qualify as bribery.
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It is unclear whether President-elect Donald J. Trump will continue the practice of using pardons and commutations to address the sentencing issue.
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He has dangled pardons, been involved in campaign finance violations and stonewalled Congress across the board, noting that he will defy all subpoenas.
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