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President Biden issued a large, final-day clemency package that included for a mix of family members, senior public officials, and participants in congressional inquiries, alongside a broad set of com...
President Biden issued thousands of acts of clemency during his term — including blanket proclamations pardoning people convicted of certain federal marijuana offenses (October 2022 and December 2023)...
Modern U.S. politicians respond to accusations of promoting fascist or authoritarian ideologies by framing them either as urgent warnings about democratic backsliding or as exaggerated partisan name‑c...
President Joe Biden used his clemency powers extensively in his term—issuing large-scale commutations (including a Jan. 17–19, 2025 surge) and pardons for individuals and groups such as thousands with...
President Biden’s earliest, most publicized acts of clemency combined large-scale commutations for non-violent offenders with a small number of high-profile pardons and preemptive protections, accordi...
President Biden issued an unusually large set of clemency actions near the end of 2024 that included , and those acts drew intense political attention because they encompassed high-profile, sometimes ...
President Biden’s most notable clemency actions through early 2025 include a large number of commutations and pardons that, by some counts, make his administration the most active in modern presidenti...