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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: An Abuse of the Pardon Power
Description: Last week, The White House announced Joe Biden will commute the sentences of almost fifteen hundred criminals and pardon 39 others. It’s the most commutations and clemencies ever granted in a single day. It’s an abuse of the pardon power. Above all, many of Biden’s commutations look like an ugly, obscene gesture to the country that elevated him to its highest position. They include a judge convicted of taking kickbacks to send minors to for-profit detention facilities — resulting in one young man committing suicide. Another recipient of clemency committed the largest municipa...