How else do you cap off a lawless presidency, but with a RECORD NUMBER of pardons and sentence commutations!
From the Associated Press:
The White House says President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes. It’s the most number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president.
Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire pace in his final months in office, but he has focused primarily on shortening sentences rather than pardons. Pardons amount to forgiveness of a crime that removes restrictions on the right to vote and lessens the conviction stigma.
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Keep in mind, these are just the figures from today! The total number of pardons granted over his entire time in office is much greater!
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