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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Ed Morrissey: The Pardons Are Only the Entree
Description: Did Joe Biden decide who received pardons and commutations? The New York Times cast fresh doubt on the legitimacy of thousands of clemency actions this week. Biden refuted allegations that he didn’t authorize the auto-pen for every pardon issued at the end of his term. However, the Times reviewed e-mails during the post-election period, and discovered that aides compiled the pardon lists and then affixed Biden’s signature to most of them with the mechanical device. It included a controversial pre-emptive pardon to Anthony Fauci, among other administration officials, as well as thousands of others in blan...