Presidential pardons are all over the place, thanks to outgoing President Joe Biden and newly sworn in President Donald Trump. Presidents’ power to pardon is pretty comprehensive, and has been used to pardon Confederates, Jimmy Hoffa, Richard Nixon, Defense secretaries, family members and dirty tricksters, and most recently the Jan. 6 crowd and the founder of the black market drug marketplace Silk Road.
Show Notes:
- Trump pardons nearly all Jan. 6 defendants, orders prison releases
- Biden issues preemptive pardons to Trump foes hours before leaving office
- After pardoning son, Biden returns home to a credibility problem
- Trump Claims ‘Absolute Right’ to Pardon Himself
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